Dorothy, did you spend the day close to the phone, or instead bury yourself in a book or binge a program? Figuring out how to cope is different for everyone, so we will wait until you tell us what worked for you. I hope you have a supply of tea and chocolate.

Today the circular saw come out for a few passes to cut planks to size for the attic. There's nothing like power tools to make you feel like you're moving along. I've figured out how to move into the next area - getting safely over a duct will involve putting in a step over the top of it. Tomorrow. Once I can get to the right areas to pull the cable to the bedroom and the sewing studio this job will shift to the hall closet outside the office, where the existing ports will be updated in a bigger box and faceplate. Something I've meant to do for years.

Meanwhile, the Internet is running faster after unplugging or turning off everything then rebooting. Things were running in the dial-up speed range for a few days there.