..Another satisfied customer

Aliant, our troubled, yet faithful phone company which has just come back after a four month strike, has shown me that they are actually good at what they do, and aren't just sitting around waiting for a paycheck... Over the weekend, my mother bought a cellphone for my father to take with him when he's on the road (he's a truck driver).. the lady who had "activated" the prepaid account told Mom that it would take 24 hours for it to come into effect... that was Saturday.. this is Tuesday, and this morning, it still wasn't working... I called the 1-800 number, and pressed all the right buttons to get through to a representative.. and got a busy signal.. it's ok.. it's only their second day back.. it's gonna be busy.. I call again.. busy signal... I'm calm and ok... by the 10th call, I was getting a little pissed... but I got through... I talked to a representative who sent me through to a mobility representative.. who told me that the reason it wasn't working was because the account was out of money... no problem, I've got a $25 card... Since the cellphone wasn't on the network yet, I called the 1-877 number to apply money to the account... it's done, there's now money on the account... and I've checked, according to the recording, the account is active... I test the phone, still not working... so, back to the 1-800 number... a lot of waiting later, I was talking to another mobility representative... she checked the serial number, it was ok... she got me to punch a bunch of numbers into the phone.. then she starting playing with her computer... about 10 minutes later, the cellphone rang and scared the crap out of me.. so now the phone is working.. everybody's happy... and Aliant has another satisfied customer....

Kids toys and nostalgia

You know that feeling you get when you're looking for something, then you find something else that you haven't seen in a long time and kinda forgot about?? I had that feeling tonight.. My bro's exgirlfriend came here afterschool today.. she's going back to highschool after quitting for 2 years.. I'm really proud of her.. but, back to my story..... she has a project for her English class, I think.. she has to write a fake journal, telling about a fake tour vacation across the country she's taking, talking about what she did at all the places she didn't go.. I know, kinda weird, but I've done that one myself before... when she explained it to me, I thought that maybe one of my books from my Tourism and Travel course that I took in college would help her, seeing that the first chapter in the book deals with Canada, province by province, and outlines a lot of different attractions in each... the thing is, it's been four years since I was in college, and I don't know where the book is... I thought it might be in my bedroom closet, so mom started going through it, to see if she could find the book... what I forgot, was that a lot of my old toys were in that closet... now, to make the story more complete, I'm gonna break off here, and start another.. *L*The other night, my mom, my dad, and me were talking about some of my old toys, in particular, a bluish purple cat that I used to have that I think I stole from my aunt when she lived with us when I was like, 3 years old... it was called BooBoo Kitty.. we were wondering where it would be.. we knew that some of my old toys (and probably some of my mom's too) are in the attic at my grandparent's house, and since they are moving out of their house into senior apartments next month, we may just find them.. I know that a 3 foot tall Papa Smurf is in that attic somewhere... Now, back to my first story...While mom was pulling boxes out of the closet, I was looking at some of the stuff that was in them.. we found some old books, a stethoscope that doesn't work anymore, my barbies, and a dolphin named flipper that my brother made in Home Ec in juniour high(that's sitting on my bed as we speak).. Mom pulled a New Kids on the Block duffle bag out of the closet(yeah, I know), opened it up, and pulled out BooBoo Kitty!! I was ecstatic.. it's one of very few toys that I had as a kid that I remember, and that still lives... I remember a pianosaurus that got to know the stairs really well in the apartment we lived in when I was small.. unfortunately, the pianosaurus died a painful death from a fall... actually, from many falls... well, they weren't falls.. the pianosaurus was pushed.. well, thrown.. by me... *L* I'm sure that the people in the apartment below us wondered what the heck the clang clang clang noises coming down the stairs was... *L*

Cable modems and plugs for Island enterprises..

I just noticed something before coming in here.. but at the top of every blog page there's a link back to blogspot.com that says 'get your own blog'... and the first thing I thought of was those old Ruffles commercials... better get your own bag... *L* weird, but then.. it's still kinda early in the am... before 11, if you believe that(and those who know me, know that I don't get up usually before 12.. *L*)
And now, back to your regularly scheduled rant and/or the uninteresting things going on in my life.. *L*
I had a problem with my internet this morning.. it keeps crapping out.. it does this at least once a day, and since I pay a quarter of my monthly income for my internet connection, I called ISN and I told them that it does this every day... well, they just called me back, and they told me that they're giving me a new modem... Thank God!! Praise Allah!! Or whatever the heck you worship.. *L* woohoo!! I'm getting a new modem!! I've been having a problem with this modem almost as long as I've had it, which is kinda sad, because I've only had it a couple of months... and it was pissing me off that I'd just be getting into something good... like one of the posts on PEIinfo.com (plug for John..hehehe)... and have my net crap out on me... and I'm a bit technically inclined, so I'd do all the normal things you'd do when this happens, release and renew the IP... power cycle the modem... and it would still take a half hour for all the lights to come back on on the modem... I guessed that the modem was the problem.. but I wasn't getting any help from the techsupport people from ISN (yes, I know that they're Advantage)... they'd just tell me that they don't support high speed... when I was having a problem with my email yesterday, I hesitated to call them, and just decided to wait it out.... but, they've come through... and it's a good thing, because I was just about to tell them to take their internet and shove it where the sun don't shine.. and give me back my 50 bucks.... I'll let you know if the modem is a good one...

Cards and Gay Men

So, another Monday night at cards... not a bad night.. I didn't win again, though.. that's ok.. bro won, so it's all good (do people still say that?? *L*).. I guess I'm going back in tomorrow for a girls day... it'll be all girls, except for the baby.. 2 months old, and very cute.... he makes the funniest faces while taking a crap.. *L* Maybe one day I'll have one of those myself, but I doubt it... need to have a man to get one of those.. and I can't seem to get my teeny tiny hands on a man who happens to like women.... for some reason, all the guys I find are gay... I used to wonder what that says about myself... lord knows... oh well.. at least my guy friends can tell me how to accessorize properly... and one of them can apply makeup better than me.... come to think about it, he also looks better in a skirt than me as well.... damn... *L* Well.. at least I know what to get him for Christmas.... he'd be happy with a sparkly evening gown......

So I've decided to blog....

Ok. I now have a blog. Why, you ask? I don't know. What am I going to do with it? I don't know that either. I suppose I figure that more will read a blogspot page than a journal on a hi5 site. I might transfer those entries to here. I haven't decided yet. Well, yeah, anyone who's ever read my hi5 posts will tell you that I whine a lot, and I sometimes take things too personally. I'm guessing that I use these sites as a way to vent, seeing that no one in my immediate vicinity wants to listen to me. I do that on a bunch of message boards too. I need to do it somewhere, dammit. I've had things pretty tough in the last few years. Sometimes I think God has decided that he or she just don't like me, and is playing mean tricks on me like the kids in my elementary school used to do. I mean, geez, two transplants? And both failed? One in only 3 years. What the hell is up with that? And what really cheeses me off is that there is doesn't seem to be any reason for it, at least that's what I'm being told. Cause unknown. I think that's nothing but a huge load of horse-, well, you know. Also, there doesn't seem to be anything that I can do about it, just continue with life. I guess I should be happy that I've at least got life. I mean, if I had been born 50 years earlier, I would have died before being a teenager. And that just plain sucks. I liked being a teenager. I kinda wish I could still be one, but that's another story.

Make it Mother's Day every day...

Oh man... another sleepless night... I seem to have a lot of those lately... dialysis keeps me awake at night... pain in the butt, I'm telling you.... after 15 years of kidney problems, I've never had such problems with dialysis before... oh well.. I see the nephrologist soon... maybe the transplant team will finally decide to put me on the transplant list.. then I won't have to worry about this crap anymore... All I've got to say is thank God for my mom... she does half the stuff that I should be doing... she tears down the machine, because I don't like to do it... most of the time she sets the machine up for me too, even though that's supposed to be my job... she does my dressing for me.. which is something I couldn't do if I wanted to... Yep... I'd be totally lost without my mom, I'm sure of it.... I tell her this all the time too.. but she don't think she's doing anything special..... I'm telling ya... Thank God for Mom's....