The news just couldn't be better.

I woke up this morning, and there it is, everywhere, THE PSN IS COMING BACK ONLINE all around the world.

I could barely contain my excitement as I switched on my PS3 and saw that for the first time in a month my PS+ subscription's auto-download had found something and it had dragged down the new update and was ready to install.

So, it took a few more hours for the network to reconnect, and it took even longer to reset my wife's account password because I do all the downloading and she doesn't, but it was a sight I was glad to see once I hit "Trophy Collection" and saw that sync bar.
I killed a few games while the PSN was down and my only fear, the fear that beat the million to one chance of my credit card being used, was that my PS3 would die before I got to sync the 40+ trophies I got while it was offline.

But all is good, so far.

The store should be back soon, I can play my games online, I can see and chat to my friends again. I feel like I have finally been digitally reconnected with the outside world.

See you all online!