There isn’t much to write about this
week. The most dramatic thing that has happened to me in the last month is needing
to change my Wi-Fi carrier. I’d been having connection issues for quite some time, and
at first my old carrier said it was my router. They insisted I needed to
replace it.
I did, but that didn’t fix my
issues.
Then things got worse and finally I
had to call my old carrier to let them know I had no service at all.
This time, they diagnosed an issue
they’d have to come out to fix. The only problem is that once their technician finished
and insisted, they had fixed the issue – I still didn’t have coverage.
They suggested I go to a certain
website to determine what the issue was.
How? I had no Wi-Fi service and due
to data limitations on my cell phone, getting any website to open was
impossible! And as hard as I tried, they just kept insisting I go to the
website to fix my issues.
I wasn’t sure how I could fix the
situation since money is tight for me.
Then I received word that I’d
finally paid off one of my bills, giving me wiggle room in my budget. I arranged for a different service provider to install their equipment at my place and
called my old provider to ask them to cancel my service.
Now typically, providers tend to try
hard to retain customers, but the lady I spoke to didn’t even ask if there was
anything they could do to fix the reason I was cancelling the service. I was surprised
but it felt as if they were glad to get rid of me.
I could be imagining things. However,
the deal I had with them to keep my costs down was only good for as long as I had the
service. I get the feeling they no longer wanted to provide their service at
that low cost.
It just seems weird that they didn’t even
attempt to get me into a higher cost program.
But anyway, now I no longer have any
wiggle room in my budget as my new carrier is more expensive, though I now have
faster speeds than I remember having in a long time.
And, of course, Konnie is happy
about this because I am now able to post without any issues.
I should point out that my last post
went up simply because I went over to my sister-in-law’s place to use her Wi-Fi
to get my post up. Which was a production in and of itself because my car is
still not working, meaning I had to find a ride to go over to her place as well
as ask her if I could visit for that purpose.
I guess I should be thankful one of
cousins not too long ago returned to town, though at first, I didn’t ask him
for rides because he is one family member who smokes, and I knew full well I wouldn’t
be able to handle riding in his vehicle if he did.
Things changed when he let me know
he never smokes inside his vehicle. He also shares my opinion that family helps
family.
When I did have a working car, I was giving my sister-in-law rides to her appointments and for shopping, now my
cousin is usually the one doing that for me.
I say usually because he does have a
life. Just this week I had to ask my neighbor for a ride because he had a doctor’s
appointment. Not a hard thing to do, my neighbor is always willing to give me rides too, it’s
just for shopping, his vehicle is larger.
To say the least, getting that much
shopping into her tiny car was interesting, especially since her entire passenger
side is smashed in and inaccessible through that side and her trunk is so small
it barely had room for my walker. That was oh so fun!
It was even more fun when her son
called and requested, she not forget to stop by pharmacy to pick his
prescription up.
Luckily, they use the pharmacy I use,
and quick look at my text messages told me I had a prescription waiting too. We
didn’t forget one.
Actually, I have been incredibly
lucky on that front because my cousin uses the same pharmacy too and we’ve more
than once picked up both our prescriptions at the same time.
I have also, finally, managed to
save up hopefully enough to get the parts needed to fix my car and have
arranged help between my retired mechanic cousin and a friend who is currently
studying auto mechanics, to get my car fixed.
I might even have it fixed by my
birthday!
Anyway, happy writing everyone.
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