Aamused in Austin, TX

After a restless night of not much sleep I arrive to work and find the phones blaring a very obnoxious BEEP over and over again. A distress beacon since they rather obviously did not have power. So without coffee I'm forced to 'leap' (okay stumble) into action. It's a good thing I did not forget my cell phone this morning. I called BossMan, I called the Telecom company, I called us and got that annoying high-pitched SQUEEEEEE of a fax or modem. Oh, not a good sign...

I found the switch boxes. It appears we've blown a surge protector. I managed to get the switch boxes plugged in to another six-banger and lo' the BEEP stopped. My cell phone rang. It was the emergencny technician. I attempted to hear what he said. He was in San Francisco walking his dog and talking to me at the same time. I desparately wished I was walking Dottie and not standing here in my server room fuming.
We agreed that the phones now work, but we appear to have lost our programming so it will take some effort on their part and ours to get all of that back.

At LEAST I don't have to listen to that obnoxious BUZZ/BEEP every 30 seconds! Please tell me the day improves from here.

I certainly hope the day improves from here...

my coffee's cold :P

I think this pretty much sums me up for the morning :)