Hurry Up and Wait

Very few things are more frustrating than making a sudden quantum leap forward in progress on a major puzzle that had been smoldering in the back of your head for months, only to be stymied by a malfunctioning phone number.

(Last January I was somehow pulled into a..... puzzle. I don't know how, or why, or exactly what it is, but each step pulls me further in. I finished all there was to finish then, and didn't hear back until this January, when a whole boatload of data was thrown at me. One particular part of the puzzle was frustrating enough that I gave up, temporarily. Now I've figured it out, and I have the next step, and I can't take it.)

I'm ready. I've figured out what I'm supposed to do next. And when I try to do it, all I get is a fast busy signal.

I know, intellectually, that this was not done on purpose just to frustrate me. But damnit, I'm ready to move forward *NOW!* Not tomorrow, not Monday during business hours, not next week. And there's not much more I can do until I finish this part.

Maybe if I try again, it'll work this time.....