Who could possibly ring my doorbell at 10:30 PM? \u00a0I had to put on an item of clothing so I could be decent when answering the door.<\/p>\n
Were my horses loose? \u00a0Did they get out of their pasture.?<\/p>\n
I tuned on lights, turned off the alarm and opened the front door. \u00a0There was a county patrolman standing at my front door. \u00a0I exclaimed. \u00a0I immediately assumed I had hit the fall button or emergency button on my new Apple Watch. \u00a0I tried apologizing for my error.<\/p>\n
The patrolman asked me if I was Hope Robinson. \u00a0No, she\u2019s a friend of mine. Oh, I thought. \u00a0My watch contacted my close friends. \u00a0Hope must be an emergency contact. \u00a0Again, the patrolman asked if I was Hope. \u00a0No, Hope is a friend.<\/p>\n
For two days my small county in the world has been knocked off the Internet. \u00a0AT&T \u00a0is a huge cell phone and WiFi provider.<\/p>\n
Hope had tried to message me about our plans the next day. I never answered. \u00a0She called and immediately got my voicemail. \u00a0The phone did not ring.<\/p>\n
it\u2019s the damn Internet the handsome young patrolman and I decided. \u00a0I told him the Hope Robinson lives in Grandview.<\/p>\n
We both cursed the Internet. \u00a0I ran out out of Kindle books to read last night. \u00a0Thankfully it was time to sleep. \u00a0Cell service \u00a0is functioning this morning. \u00a0The grocery store in town was selling groceries with check or money order. \u00a0My tire shop had a tough time getting a replacement for my flat tire wheel. \u00a0Our Internet was out part of a day and nearly all day yesterday. \u00a0It was hell!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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