Computer problems

I was offline from last Monday until yesterday afternoon, due to a computer problem. When our neighbors were cutting down a tree in their yard damaged by a recent ice storm, we got a power surge through the phone lines. Our phones had no dial tone and sounded dead. So, we waited for four days until the AT&T guy came and said there was some sort of problem in the house, then left without coming in, because he said he'd have to wait for another work order. Gee, thanks for that, we thought.

Anyway, since we are on dial-up, our modem was fried. Thankfully, the hard drive and monitor were saved by our surge protector. Our computer guy switched the part out yesterday, so now I'm back up and a-runnin'.