Computer person, me???

Okay, so I know how to do all the basics with the computer--well I know how to use it, but on Wednesday when my internet went bye-bye, I totally freaked out! I tried to do all the things that Jonathan does when it goes out with no success. I called my dad, who got annoyed with me (big surprise). So I called AT&T and they assured me that there was nothing wrong with the DSL or the modem. Well, after an hour of troubleshooting that afternoon with no success, I lost patience and moved on to calling Jonathan in Germany and complaining! Mind you, it was close to midnight his time, but I deserve some attention right? He could not help me either, so the next morning I go to my friends house to check my email and return some emails. Her husband had sympathy for me (I was going nuts not being able to read blogs and check email) so he came over and loaned me his wireless pcs card so that I could stay in the loop a little bit. That day I spent another 4 hours trying to troubleshoot the DSL problem only to be told that it was indeed the modem. I did not have time that day to go buy a new one so it had to wait until yesterday--I bought the new one, called AT&T and I managed to get the internet working at my house once again! YEAH ME! Okay, sorry to have bored you about this story, but it consumed so much of my time this week that I had to talk about it.