Back in the Saddle Again

I'm sitting in front of my laptop, listening to WYNC, glancing out the window at the big evergreen that hosts all kinds of birds. Yes, finally I have a landline and can file at any hour of the day or night in any get-up from my WBAI Off the Hook T-shirt or my white eyelet nightgown. Thanks to the Verizon guy who was lying on the floor, sweating, as he rewired the inside line Thursday. I had just spent an hour and a half at the Internet Cafe trying to file a free-lance news story when I came home to see the Verizon truck and then the technician who solved the problem after nearly a month of conflicting theories from other telecom sorts.
Thanks to all who sent advice or good wishes!
--Bernice