there i was...

... sitting on my couch, minding my own business.

when all of a sudden, i kind of felt like someone punched me in the side of the head. there was a BOOM! so loud it left my ears ringing, and i saw stars shooting out from all directions. my whole house shook. my whole being shook. down into my skull. it only took a split second, and after it was over, i was kind of surprised to find that i was still sitting on my couch, minding my own business. but now i was sitting in the dark and the only thing i could hear was someone screaming in the street outside.

turns out, lightning struck my house. the stars i saw were actually sparks shooting out from the light sockets, the wall sockets, and from some electronics that got fried. once i realized that the only reason i was sitting in the dark was because the breaker got flipped, i was able to easily fix that. but my modem and wireless router will never be the same. thank goodness my tv, dvd player, and computer are all fine... amazingly enough. the only things that got fried were the only things plugged into the regulator.

the unfortunate thing is that lightning friend my modem last wednesday, and they didn't come to fix it until monday. then yesterday (tuesday), the router got fried. but the modem was still working. so i went to get a new router - not an easy find around here. but i have connections. i had to go to bible study after, and didn't get a chance to come home and try it out until after 9. but when i got home, the modem was dead. it wouldn't even turn on! so last night, i tracked down a modem as well, got that home at almost 10, then set everything up. only to find out that there was a network problem also and i have to call my service provider to come back out and fix it. maybe they'll show up by next week.