So yesterday I got home from school and of course the Altafiber tech hadn't come yet. (The window, if you'll recall was 12-4.) Jim did say, however, that he got a call and a recorded voice said the tech would be here between 2:15 and 3:00. I got home at 3:02. Some time went by and I said, "Jim! Did they come and you didn't hear them?" He said no way! Plus, he said, the dogs would've gone nuts if someone pulled in our driveway and the boys had been quiet. Some more time went by and at around3:30 Jim gets a call from a rep at Altafiber saying the tech arrived and no one answered the door. This was complete bullshit! In fact, the said that when that happens, the tech is supposed to put a description of the house and/or a photo and that hadn't been done. I kept saying, "That fucker didn't show!" The rep said he didn't believe the tech actually came. Additionally, where the tech said he was at that point (the rep called him to come back) was way too far from our house to have shown up, tried to do the work, and then left. I was so pissed! I mean, it took 2 days to get a tech to simply switch out our box and now we were being told that some liar was going to fuck us even longer!?
I left to walk Scout and told Jim, "Fix this shit!" When I got home from my walk, there was an Altafiber van in our driveway (not the original tech) and all was well. Needless to say, we got a credit on our account and filed a complaint about the tech. Fucker!
My back is KILLING me! Normally on a Friday I get on my elliptical in the morning but today I was in so much pain, I decided to put it off until after school. I tossed and turned last night too. Every position which I would initially find to be comfortable and pain free would eventually start hurting. It's my lower back, into my hip and then shoots down my thigh. I've got the massager in my car that I got from Maggie and I'll take that into school today to try and work this shit out. Thankfully (or sadly) it will be raining after work so I probably won't be able to walk Scoutie so all I'll have to do is my elliptical. (Poor Scout!)
Guess what? I didn't end up making the Italian sausage and ragu with polenta last night. After the Altafiber debacle Jim and I decided to go to Shooters. However, it was packed and we couldn't get our seats so we ended up going to Kirby's (a local restaurant) and it was yummy! We need to go there more often. Lots of choices and really delicious. It kind of looks like a dive but aren't the best places dive-like?
So there's an apartment building near to where my parents live where Kristyn's grandma used to live called Hammond North. You can see it from a LOT of places throughout the city becuase it sits high up on a hill. It was always a luxury condo place with a great view and pretty nice facilities (pool etc). We used to go there with Kristyn and company to swim sometimes. Anyway, as things do, it's turned into disrepair. I believe someone has purchased it and they're rehabbing the whole place and the company that Jim works for will be doing some of the work. They expect it to take 2 years. So, Jim will most likely be working there a LOT! I'm kind of excited for him. I'm hoping that he'll be stationed there pretty steadily. It's nice when he has a place to go for a long period of time becuae then he doesn't have to haul his shit in and out of his truck. Fingers crossed.
Okay well, that's all I've got. Dinner will be the Italian sausage. I know, you'll believe it when you see it. Happy Friday and happy weekend. Jim and I are going to Terri and Marc's for dinner tomorrow but other than that, no plans. Later!
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