Comcast is run by monkeys

You know that commercial where the guy says he works with a bunch of monkeys? Well, I really believe that he was working for Comcast. My history with them has been rather spotty. I signed up for auto payment on my bill. Well, they messed it up for four months straight - causing my internet to be turned off twice and having me double pay twice. I cancelled the auto pay. Then when they had to replace the cable going from the street to the house they put it so low that a passing truck ripped it down and they had to put it up AGAIN. Now, the newest issue: My landlord bought the house next door and moved there this week. The apartment below mine is already rented out and the girl is moving in on Saturday. So the cable company came out to hook up his cable next door and to shut off the downstairs. Instead of doing just the lower apartment, the monkeys shut off the service to the whole house. So now they have to come out and turn mine back on. But they can't get there until Friday night from 5-7. You would think that when they mess up they could maybe take care of it a little sooner, but nope. They suck. Monkeys. All of them. So now I have no cable tv and no internet. For three more days... My house is going to be really boring. Good thing I have a fun car to drive in the mean time. :)

Happy Day

Yesterday I met up with the Girls for lunch. (The girls = Anna, Dena, and Sarah. We've all been friends since middle school.) We scheduled the lunch for 1:00pm at a restaurant right off the highway so it would be easy for everyone to get to. I was there a few minutes early. Sarah and her husband, daughter, and step-son were all on time. We got a table while waiting for Anna and Dena. Half an hour later, I called Anna to see if she was on her way. She said she would be there in 15 minutes. Okay then. Apparently, Anna had called Dena to find out what time we were meeting and Dena told her it was 1:30pm. Silly girls. So at around 1:45pm we were all around a table and munching happily on chips and salsa while waiting for our meals. It was really fun to hang out with them. It had been a while. I think our class reunion was the last time I saw them all. Sarah and her family left right after lunch. Anna, Dena and I meant to leave shortly thereafter. But before we knew it, it was 8pm and we were finally heading home. Good times. Good times.

I got home and discovered that my neighbors across the street were having a gathering and all their guests were parked up and down the street. I circled once before deciding to park at the Farmers Market. But then my landlord's wife saw me and told me that they moved that day from the downstairs apartment into the house next door. The driveway is now mine! Woo Hoo!!!! I was so excited I got back in my car and moved it into the driveway. I've been here 4 years and now, I get to park in the driveway and off the street. It's very exciting. :)

The money fairy works in mysterious ways...

So my money fairy is broke, like I said in Cara's history of the money fairy. Just leaves random pennies around my house. The occasional quarter, but nothing exciting.

It's getting to be tax time. I owe about $300 this year. Not bad. Considering a couple years ago I had to pay over $700! But still. That's an extra $300 that I don't really have just yet. Crap.

I have two doctors appointments next week - dentist (eeek) and planned parenthood(extra eeek) - that I was trying to figure out how to make any sort of payment on when I go. I was wise enough to put both crappy appointments on the same day so my day will just suck rather than having two days suck - see, I'm always thinkin'.... However, that means I have to make some sort of minimum payment at both locations on the same day, right before rent is due. Crap.

I subbed today, am subbing tomorrow morning, and will sub again Monday for certain. Unfortunately, the pay for these days will come in about two-three weeks. Crap.

I was feeling pretty stressed about the whole situation... wondering which doctor appointment I could put off and for how long...

Then, the money fairy had one of the girls from work call to ask if I could work for her on Friday night. YES! That's like $40 at least. Sweet.

Later, I was checking the balances on my credit cards, as I do every month, and discovered that one of them had the limit raised. By $500. YES! Now, in case of an emergency, I have a small safety net. Sweet.

So my money fairy works in mysterious ways. And she makes me work for my money...

What a bitch.

House hunting

This is how it's progressing:

I find a house online using www.grar.com

Me: Look at this one honey, its below market value and we can fix it up and sell it.
Him: It's too far south.

Me: How about this one, it looks nice.
Him: It's too far from the high way.

Me: This one has a nice interior.
Him: I don't like the yard.

Him: Look for something north or towards the lake.
Me: There are exactly two houses in our price range in the next county over. Which one do you want.


At this rate, we'll be getting a house in about 5 years... I'm not sure we can find one we agree on before that.

It's just not meant to be

I was feeling pretty good about getting on my step machine for a good 30-40 minutes of sweaty fun when 15 minutes into it, the damn thing broke. Again. Arrrrgh! I have decided the step machine is just not meant to be my mode of exercise. So I walked up to the local post office and back - a 2 mile trip. Woo hoo. I did feel pretty good about that. I got my 45 minutes of exercise afterall.

Grrrrr.

So today I worked at both of my part time jobs. I subbed this morning - way the F* out in BFE. Then I came home and tried to take a nap. Silly me. I couldn't fall asleep - the damn kitties were fighting outside of my bedroom door. Grrrr. Fine. Whatever. I just got up and made some dinner before I went to my second job. It was kind've slow tonight. So I got out pretty early and came home. I walked into my living room and stepped right in a nice pile of kitty puke. Grrrrr. Thank god I was still wearing shoes and wasn't barefoot! But dammit Tigger, try drinking some water out of your bowl and not the toilet for a change! Stupid cat knows how to pee in the toilet, but doesn't know he's supposed to drink water from his kitty dish. So I clean up the mess and in the process break a nail. Grrrrrr. I love my kitties, but I don't really like them right now....

I'm confused

In the mail today I found two interesting pieces of mail:

1. A thank you note from Marilyn, my Allstate insurance agent, for refering Jason to her for motorcycle insurance. I thought it was very nice of her to send a hand written thank you card. I really like her. Everyone should use her. She rocks.

2. An envelope with no return address and my first name spelled wrong. It also lacked the apartment number, but had the right house address. I didn't recognize the handwriting on the envelope and the postmark said Grand Rapids. It was mailed on Friday. So I open the envelope to find folded notebook paper. I unfold it and out falls a five dollar bill. The notebook paper is blank. No note. No name. Nothing. Just $5.00. I'm confused. I've been pondering it all afternoon/evening. I don't get it. I'm just baffled.

Okay, so who sent me $5.00 and why?

Gobble Gobble

Today was bowling league day. My average is currently a 103. It's been slowly but surely going up all season. We are still the worst team on the league, but at least we have fun. This week though, our first two games were awesome. We were doing great and the team we were playing was having an off day. We easily won the first game. I got above my average. Hooray. Second game. I'm playing alright. It's the tenth frame. Nothing exciting yet. Then I bowl a strike. Woo hoo! Then I bowled another strike! YES! Two in a row. I line up and throw the third ball. STRIKE! I got a turkey! It's my first one. I jumped up an down like a silly person. It was awesome. :) I was above my average again and we won the second game. Then it was the third game. Our team used up all the good throws and we were back to our normal selves. We lost the third game, but I bowled over my average all three games. It was very exciting. Our team has now won 5.5 games. :) Woo hoo! We rule.