I'm back

Actually, I've been here all along but my internet has been missing.  After lengthy phone conversations during which I finally convinced the sweet young thing on the other end that I was not going to climb up on a ladder to take apart the battery box up high in my hall closet she agreed to send someone out.  The soonest they could get someone here was today (5 days later).  I was told that the technician would be here sometime between 9am and 1pm.  He arrived at 12:15, figured out the problem very quickly and assured me that it was not something I could have fixed myself.  Also there was no charge.  One of the voices (I talked with four over a very long day) told me there might be a charge if I couldn't fix it myself. I asked the tech what the average life was for the big battery he replaced.  He said 3-5 years.  I've been here almost four years so that was pretty average.  So now my internet woes are over but I will not be blogging for a couple of days because I'm having hip replacement (actually re-replacement but that's a different story) surgery tomorrow morning.  Happily it won't impact my fingers so I'll be blogging again in a couple of days.  Stay tuned.