What I learned from an evening spent in the digital dark

Monday afternoon I was working in my home office when my Internet went down. Sadly that's not all that uncommon, but I needed to attend an online meeting. Since my office phone service is through Vonage, no Internet meant no phone either. Of course I have a cellphone as backup so I grabbed that and...no cell service.I had no Internet and neither of my phones was working. I have to admit it felt a little bit surreal. There I was, alone in my home office and totally cut off, digitally at least, fr