Technical Success

Verizon had scheduled my internet hook up for May 12. Unbelievably, I was notified that the line was DSL ready today! Even more unbelievable, because I kept my phone number through the move, all I had to do was plug in the modem, and I was good to go. Seeing that New York Times homepage pop up without having to call the support line once gave me quite a thrill.

To give you some context for my overwhelming feeling of victory, let me explain that I'm used to endless technical frustration. While home this winter my parents and I, working as a true techy squad, managed to change the new DVD player to play DVD's only in French AND in black and white.