[(JD)]

WOW! Thank you all for missing me! I was missing yall too, believe me!

Sheesh! Look at all the changes here! I still haven't investigated it all yet... it had just begun when I fell off the face of the earth again... with a little help from my notebook.

Guess I'll try and fill yall in on these last how many? weeks!!!

<font color="blue"> I did send my notebook out for an upgrade, supposedly just for that weekend that DocJohn was upgrading the site, too. Convenient for me, I thought.

Well, I had just missed the UPS guy and so I sent it FEDex... another day delay ok so what? I thought... but then it was the weekend... so it was 2 more extra days out... but I didn't worry, the tech always sends it back the way I sent it (overnight, 2 days guarantee... etc.)

Well, it didn't come back. I went through all sorts of conniptions because I hadn't really insured it for the full value... only what it would have cost the company I bought it from, custom made blah blah blah... I freaked.

Gee,,,, this is going to be a long post folks. Anyway, with my PTSD and general REactive response to anything not "norm"... it took me nearly a week to remember that it had a tracking number... and I tracked it to being delivered! Ahhhh.

So I called the tech with the info wondering where my computer was... that was a good question. It took them a while to find it also, but it had been fixed (didn't need the upgrade I thought I did, just some adjustments to run better sigh. no charge.) and once they found it, they sent it out overnight! That was nice of them I thought...

BUT THEN THE HURRICANES began... I did ok, really, even though triggered terribly (my disabling injury occurred during a thunder storm) but for Ivan, I freaked again.. that's another story I'll tell in another post....

Well, as it turns out, I couldn't access the internet because of a glitch that wouldn't let me view pages! I still have the problem but have realized how to reset the settings to allow me to do so, it just boots without the ability. (Another post somewhere else sometime..??)

THEN I tried dummy me, to install a program that allows my notebook to use my wireless phone to access the internet in case of no phone line available. Seems it wont dial the phone... so still, I was unable to get on. Arrrgggghhhh!

I evacuated for Ivan, btw, so I was not even "home" to try and figure things out and there I was, with the thing not acting right and me trying to change settings to be able to get on from different locations! A few times I actually accessed the internet but got dropped or blocked. Things changed often and I could not keep up with them. I am finally home, and also back here.

Anyway HERE I AM! It's good to be back. Thanks for all your good wishes... must have been such that kept me going.

[wisewoman]

So glad you are back, I thought you had been blown to OZ. You have a Mac right? Not great at Macs but, you can tell it to ignore dial tone, don't know about the viwing pages thing but I bet if you spelled out the problem we could help. What browser are you using? Anyway, really glad you are safe and sound.

[(JD)]

LOL not to Oz... but that's a thought for next time... no I don't have a Mac ... I listed prob in tech forum... I'm running Windows xp professional, and Internet Explorer is supposed to be the browser...

Maybe once I settle down from all the triggering storms my brain will think and find the answer.

[SeptemberMorn]

WooooHoooooooooooooo!!!! You're back!!! I'm so GLAAAD! Was really beginning to worry about you with Ivan and all that crap! Not a surprise that you got evacuated. Believe it or not, I kept an eye on the Weather Channel. Of course, every channel's news reported on what was going on.

You sound good, Lady! If it was me, I'd still be hiding under my bed! LOL You're amazing, you know that? The fact that you were injured under similar circumstances kept going through my head and I'd send up a prayer for you; "God, keep her safe. God, give her peace" and so on and so on.

{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Sky}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} It's so dang good to have you back!! I can breath deep now! LOL

[(JD)]

Why thank you! Someone must've been praying for me the way I got my butt out of town! I know my T prays for me, and probably my mom... but the more the better...

I drove way too fast... but the traffic allowed it, safely... and hey they say any accident at speed 70 mph are nil to survive anyway so ... why NOT go 95?? No that wasn't the road # .Practice " <font color="blue">I'm </font>sorry officer " " I'm sorry officer " just in case.

good little car good little car talk about panicking! but also, I had to get to certain spots in certain times because my body just doesn't DO travel well and I had to have 12-16 hours to recoup for the next day... I really shouldn't drive such trips

it was tough... my pain, my fear, and my dog! he was a gem but he had a seizure the first night... too much for him too, and coming back he puked in the car (it's ok, I have towels down for him and he obliged)

I'm sure more and more will eek out of me about what I went through... totally exhausted and cannot do a thing till I recover.