Praise the Lord! My phone service has been restored! I am talking to my mom on the phone right now and taking my time doing it !! YAY. Turns out, our modem for the phone got fried in the last huge lightning storm we had, and our configuration with the phone company was wrong. They fixed it this morning after a phone call and 4 emails to the tech guy. Now I can relax in knowing I have another way to speak to the world again. WHOOOOOOHOOO!!! I’m excited.