A couple of weeks ago we had just eaten tea and I picked my laptop up planning to do the online grocery order and the internet was off!! We tried resetting it, it sometimes plays up and the whole switching it off and on again usually fixes it but not this time. I used my phone to check our internet provider and there was a fault in our area. Stu delved deeper and it said it could be two days before it was fixed. I think that was just worse case scenario but what a nightmare, time without the internet!!
To start off I couldn't do the online food shop. That wasn't a massive problem but it did mean I had to go out and buy milk the next day to see us through until I could get the food shop delivered.
Usually on an evening I will play some games on my laptop and that is fine until I realised that most of them needed the internet to play! Even The Sims, I went to offline mode and it still kept trying to update and shutting it down. Hmmf. I ended up going old school and playing Plants V's Zombies. It is ages since I last played it and needed some tips but of course I couldn't just nip on Google to find the answers, I had to wing it.
There was no watching good TV shows as I either watch them off catch up or stream them via Netflix or Disney+. Just before Ellie went to bed it dawned on her that she couldn't watch TV as her TV comes through a Amazon Firestick. She said she would just read a book and listen to some music which was a good idea but her music comes through the Google thingy and it is streamed from the internet. She read in silence. Eek!
Obviously that night was the night when some massive celebrity news happened. Poor Liam Payne died. I found out from texts from Becky who was at work telling me to check the news. I had to find out the news the old way by watching TV. Thank goodness for Sky news.
I went to bed. Usually I will use my phone and have a scroll on Instagram and TikTok but there was none of that for me that night. I found a book in my bedside cabinet that I had never read before and started reading that. Why Mummy Swears! I am betting that mummy swears because the internet goes down. hehehe
Thankfully by the time the morning came around the internet was back on! Phew! I then had to break the news to Ellie about Liam Payne, she didn't believe me! I am glad I could get online and show her all the news articles.
How do you manage when the internet goes off? It shouldn't really be a question, the internet is a luxury, we shouldn't really depend on it but I know I do.
I read a book. I also play very simple solitaire on my laptop. I mean too easy but that's all that you can do w/o internet.
ReplyDeleteYou know that I read a lot and I prefer paper books, so I have things to do. My husband and I also play different games, like a Roman game I got for him recently and we play chess and backgammon. But I want my internet as I am constantly checking the news. It is uncomfortable not to have internet for a long time.
ReplyDeleteWhat a nightmare. Our internet is just shocking! We were thinking about getting satellite broadband but I've heard even that can be temperamental.
ReplyDeleteBooks are my go-to if the broadband goes down. xx