Your home computer is your life line when you work from home. If it goes down, you are in trouble. That is what happened to me this morning and what a bad feeling it brings on!

I got up this morning and turned my computer on as usual. The DSL router was not cooperating so I unplugged everything and then plugged it all back in. I turned everything off and turned it all back on. Nothing was working so I finally made the dreaded phone call to Verizon customer support. If you have ever had to call them for help, then you know why I refer to it as a dreaded phone call.

After working with Verizon for almost an hour, they finally decided that that the router was fried. They are shipping a new router to me. I turned off the entire power strip to my computer and shut everything down conceding my defeat.

Well, I am just not the type to give up. I decided to power everything back up for one last try. To my amazement, my DSL router lit up green and started working again! I guess it just wanted to sleep in a little late this morning.

I must tell you what a sinking feeling it is when you think you cannot do your work. The thought of not having access to the internet for one whole day was scary! When you work from home, you have to rely on your equipment to function properly. You don’t have the benefit of a handy IT guy like you might if you were working in an office.

Technology is amazing. I love computers and everything they allow us to do. It is unfortunate that it has come to the point where I feel like I am missing a limb when my computer is down. Is technology a blessing or a curse?