Cingular SUCKS!

Cingular is being a total ass today!  I never had a phone call on my cell phone since Julian called me early this morning, and I thought it was odd.  I tried making a phone call tonight and it says I can only make emergency calls!  Now, to tell you the whole story behind this, when I got my cell phone from Cingular Julian and I went to the store and signed up for it and things.  They took our address and everything was fine.  (Besides some annoying guy following us around like a freakin leech trying to get us to sign up for telephone, cable, and internet service, but that didn’t have anything to do with the cell phone!)  When the time came to pay the first bill, we waited and waited and didn’t get a bill.  Julian called Cingular and asked them why we hadn’t gotten a bill after they had left a message for me, and they had the wrong address!  They had the address of the Cingular store where we bought the phone as our address!  They had been sending the bill there!  So, he talked to a girl and paid the bill on his credit card, and told her the right address.  He even got it set up to get the bill paid automatically.  Well, the next billing date came and went, and again no bill came!  I got another message from Cingular telling me to call them.  I don’t even know what exactly the billing date is because I never actually had a bill come in the mail until weeks after it’s been due!  Again, they said they had been sending the bill to the Cingular store!  (Do you see the pattern here?!)  Again, Julian paid it, and asked to set it up to be psid automatically!  Well, just before he left the last time, (on Feb. 14th) we had a bill come.  It said that the last bill wasn’t paid, but the date on it was before we paid it.  We assumed that it had gotten to us after we had paid and that’s all we thought of it.  Well, I guess Cingular, being the worst cell phone company around has messed up again!  Now my service has been cut off because they can’t send a bill to the right address that they were given when we got the phone!  They have been sending our bill to their own store!  It’s insane, and if they can’t get their act together and fix things today then they will have a few less customers and I’ll find someone who can do the simple taks of sending a bill out!  A child could do that!  It just goes to show how much they actually care about their customers and how stupid they are!

When Julian went to get his phone from them when he was home last he was thinking about getting a phone like mine only a different colour.  He thought this would just cause a lot of confusion, so he got a different one.  He told the girl that he would get a different phone because I was blind and wouldn’t be able to tell them apart and she was amazed that I used a cell phone!  When he came back and told me I told him he should have told her that I use a computer too!  That would have caused her to have a seizure!  Her brain just wouldn’t be able to handle that at all! 

Was it food poisoning?

On Valentine’s Day I woke up and was feeling ok.  I drank some orange juice and talked to Julian about what we had to do before he left later that day.  He went out to do a few things and while he was gone I started to not feel “right”.  I decided to curl up on the couch and wait for Julian to come home.  I was only laying down a little while when I felt sick.  I threw up the orange juice I had earlier and that’s when the whole thing started!  I spent from around 16 hours being sick, and now I have a fever and a rash all over my body!  What a way to spend Valentine’s Day!  It should be spent reading a card form that special someone, smeeling flowers, cuddling teddy bears, or eating chocolate.  Instead I spent it trying not to fall headfirst into the toilet and not even giving Julian a big hug before he left to fly back to the UK.  He was here a long time this time.  He came on Jan. 26th.  He’ll be back in 13 days!  I can’t wait! 

Our website for “Peachtree Active Living” is being worked on.  Julian sent me a prieview of what it will look like earlier today, but I couldn’t read it with JAWS (my screen reader).  I’ll ask him about it when he calls later. 

I am feeling better than yesterday though.  I went to the store today and bought 5 cans of chicken noodle soup, some more Ginger Ale, some fruit, and some yogurt.  I wonder what the girl at the check-out thought?!  I ate a banana, a few bites of watermellon, and about a half a can of soup today, but I haven’t been feeling that great.  I also had a nice long nap.  I can’t seem to warm up though and my body is burning up when you touch it.  I hope I feel better tomorrow!

I think I might have had food poisoning from the pizza we ordered from Pizza Hut the night before.  I had a headache before I went to bed that night.  Julian didn’t get sick, but he didn’t have any meat on his side of the pizza.

In less than a week (like 3 or 4 days) I also managed to wash one of Julian’s cell phones, and allen key, and his bluetooth headset!  Ooops!  I never put things like that in the washer!  To make things worse (if that’s possible), his phone and headset also went into the dryer! 

Anyway, I guess I’ll go for now.  I’m going to go get some fruit and yogurt.

Dry socket sucks!

It’s been awhile since I wrote,  I know.  I just really been in the mood to write lately, or haven’t had the time.  Last thursday I had my tooth extracted.  Ouch!  It hurt so much!  It’s one of my back teeth that I’ve been having trouble with for awhile and I’ve had a toothache from it because of dry socket until last night, but it seems to be doing better now. 

Julian is here until Valentine’s Day.  He came on Jan. 27th!  I got to spend my birthday with him on Jan. 30th, so that was great.  He’s at a meeting now, and I’m waiting for him to come home (oh wow I hear his keys in the door!) and he’s home!  Yay!

I guess I should go get ready to go out now.  We have to go get a few things and some groceries.  I’ll update you a bit more later.

Oh no! It’s falling apart!

Ever have one of those days when it seems like you find one problem and then uncover fifty more!  Well, I’m having one of those days….  It started off when I found that I had a corner cracked out of the plastic cover on my footrest!  Then I noticed that there is a creaking noise coming from somewhere!  My backrest is already repaired with tape until Julian comes back home because it came loose and I can’t tighten it.  The allen key we had for it is stripped out, so it won’t work anyway even if I could use it!  I had to adjust my new wheels further out because they were rubbing on the frame of the chair and that made me wider.  I guess it’s kind of like having an old car.  Once one thing goes wrong everything starts breaking!  I also noticed lately that the gel in my cushion is not like it should be.  I have to kneed it around more often.  I’m pretty sure my butt’s not too happy about that!

Julian is coming home on Jan 27th!  I can’t wait!  I’m going to take the train to the airport to meet him!  I’ll have to count the stops between here and there before I leave.  I’m really excited about meeting him there! 

Oh, I just realized I still have to get our Disney pictures from him.  There was a comercial on about Disney Land and I remembered.  That trip was a lot of fun, even though I was all drugged up on anti-biotics for a uti while we were there.  I think I’ll go watch some tv and relax and try to get some sleep before Julian calls! 

I scalded my leg yesterday!

Ok, so I forgot to mention in my post earlier that I scalded my leg!  I did it Yesterday (Jan. 15th).  I was moving a pot of boiling water from the stove to the sink to strain the macaroni (You know, for my macaroni salad), and I hit the pot off the counter and water splashed up over the pot and onto my leg.  I didn’t feel it, but there was a big wet spot on my jeans and when I took them off they were stuck to my leg a little.  I sat in the bath tub and poured cold water over it and for awhile every time anything touched it, including my pyjama pants I started to get AD.  It must have hurt like a you-know-what!  I have a feeling I’m going to have a blister or two by tomorrow or even later today.

Anyway, I just thought I’d write a short entry to let you know.  Ah, the advantages of not feeling!  Sometimes there is justice in the world!  LOL!

Very odd dream

I’m sitting here in front of the tv watching “Pretty Woman” and missing Julian.  I like this movie.  It was done in 1990 and has Julia Roberts (ok, I just typed Julian) and Richard Gere. 

I had a weird dream last night that involved odd things coming through the walls of an apt. I was living in and a baby and some alien thing turning into Sophie’s “Duckie” (Her favorite stuffed toy).  It was very strange and disturbing.  I was really hot when I woke up, and wasn’t feeling too well.  I think I might have had a bit of a fever or something.  Once the headache went away I felt much better.  I’m so thirsty tonight.  I think it was from the macaroni salad.  Yes Julian, I made some again….

The axles for my wheels should be here tomorrow along with some other things I needed.  I also should get Sophie’s new harness tomorrow or Wednesday.  Both things will be a huge improvement!  I can’t wait to try them out! 

In a “routine” and loving it!

Only 13 more days until Julian comes home!  Again….

Ok, now that that’s out of my system, I’ll write about what I had planned to write about.  I’ve notied since Friday that it takes so much energy in a day just to get the basic things around the apt. done.  I hadn’t really paid attention to it before, but now I’m realizing it.  There’s laundry to be done, counters to be cleaned, floors to be swept and mopped, garbage to be taken to the garbage chute, dishes to be done, beds to be made, and bathrooms and kitchens to be cleaned.  By the time I get these things done and Sophie taken outside and fed and by the time I cook for myself and clean up the mess I made there I’m pretty much worn out.  Having said that, I like it!  I feel like I have a purpose, and although I’m falling into a routine, it’s a good one.  I feel like I’m settling into the whole “family life” routine.  I mean I have lived on my own for years before moving home, but this time I’m living on my own half of the time (with sophie of course), and with Julian the other half of the time.  I just feel a bit like a mom in a way.  Again, that’s really not a bad thing….

There was a commercial on tv while I was starting to write that last paragraph.  It was for the “Table Mate“.  I think that would work great for putting my laptop on.  You can adjust the height and angle of the top and it holds up to 50lbs.  I really think it would be something worth having.

Julian’s suppose to call me around 3am, so I think I’m going to go find something good to watch on tv and sleep on the couch until he calls.  Just a funny fact.  Well more amusing really.  We have three phones in this one bedroom apt.!  We have one in the bedroom, a cordless one in the kitchen and another cordless one here in the living room.  That’s not including my 2 Skype-in numbers, or my cell phone or any of Julian’s Skype numbers or any of his 9 mobile numbers!  Mobile….  I’m turning English!

I’ve been so busy!

Julian came here on Jan. 2nd and left on Wednesday.  I miss him so much, but he’ll be here again on Jan. 28th!  I was talking to hinm earlier today, and we finally thought of a name for the new buisness!  I’m really excited about starting it, and now that it actually has a name besides “the company” it feels more real! 

I got my new Spinergy LX wheels on Wednesday.  They are the ones I wanted in the beginning when I got my other Spinergys.  They have red spokes and tires, and foam coated pushrims.  I need shorter axle pins, and I have to find out the exact size I need to tell Julian.  We also got internet, phone and digital cable (yay 500 channels!) installed on Thursday, and on Friday the washer and dryer was delivered and installed.  Yesterday the plumbers came tofix the toilet and sink plug.  The toilet wasn’t flushing right (a lot of water would fill the bowl then none would stay in it).  So, yesterday was a very productive day!  I got two loads of laundry, and a blanket washed, went to the store to get some groceries, and got some work done!

I fell asleep around 8pm last night and woke up around 7:30am this morning.  I pretty much slept through the whole night and by 9:30am I felt like I needed to go back to bed.  I was so tired.  I think I might make some stir fry tonight.  (Ok, that was a random thought.)

I’m watching “Cheaper by the Dozen 2” now.  It’s pretty ood I guess.  My sister owns the first one.  I’ve been watching a lot of tv lately. Mostly just so it’s not so quiet around here.  I think I might start making the stir fry when thismovie is over. I already swept and mopped the floor.  I stoll have the kitchen and bathroom to do and the hallway near the kitchen, but it will only take a few minutes to do.

 Yay!  Julian called I have to go!

Happy New Year!

I’m sitting here (who am I kidding, I’m always sitting!) listening to the ridio and thinking about how extremely lucky I am to have someone who I care about so much feel the same way towards me!  I’ve been thinking about how this past year went, and how 2007 will be.  2006 was not a very easy year, and I can’t say I’m really sad to see it go!  I’m really looking forward to 2007 and all that it will bring!  I have a new job, which I plan to work very hard at.  I have found the love of my life, and we are planning a life together!  I moved away from Newfoundland.  (Do you think moving out of the country entirely was a bit much?)  I really don’t!  I also have a whole new outlook on life!  2007 is going to be great!  (I hope!)

I know every year I make New Year’s Resolutions that I hardly ever keep.  Face it, everyone comes to the end of the year and make these outragious, life  changing, complicated resolutions, that deep down inside they know they can’t possibly keep, short of some life changing miricle that is.  Then, when Dec. 31st comes aroudn again, we do it all over again.  Just because we feel we have to!  Sometimes even re-using the same resolutions we made the year before, or in some cases the same ones we had made for the past 2, even 3 years….

Well, this year is going to be different.  (Yeah, we all heard/said that one before haven’t we?)  This year my resolution is a two part, simple one:

1.  I will try to take better care of myself.
and….
2.  I will try to loose some weight.

I’m not setting a goal for the weight loss, but I am saying I will try to loose some weight to become healthier.  I’m not aiming for super model weight, but I would like to loose some weight so I can move around more easily.  It would just make life a little easier.  Now, if I happen to become pregnant, I wouldn’t want to loose weight, and harm the baby, so in that case I wouldn’t be doing anything “wrong” or letting myself down if I didn’t follow part 2 of my resolution, so I wouldn’t worry about part 2.  I would then concentrate even more on part 1.

I hope everyone had/is having a great New Years!  I talked to Julian tonight, when he slipped out of a dinner party to take Peggy and Ellie for a walk.  I couldn’t talk to him at midnight, but I was thinking about him….  Only 2 more hours until 2007, and only about 32 until Julian gets here! 

Just a note:  On my last entry “tonight” actually meant the night “before”.  It was really early in the morning when I wrote that entry. 

New Years Eve.

I ordered some pizza tonight.  I thought I’d do that instead of going to the grocery store because it was wet outside and I knew it would be slippery getting up the slope in the parking lot of the grocery store.  I didn’t know what pizza places were around here, so I just ordered from “Pizza Hut”.  I didn’t even have to call them, I ordered the food online!  I ordered a medium pizza with peparoni, bacon and green pepper and 20 chicken wings.  They had a deal on the wings.  That’s why I got so many!  I got honey BBQ, and all-American.  I also thought I’d get a bottle of Pepsi so I wouldn’t have to go out tomorrow.  It’s suppose to rain ad we are suppose to have thunder showers.  Then I thought if I got an extra bottle of Pepsi I would be able to carry more when I do go to the store because my bag wouldn’t be so heavy.  The Pepsi at the store here is at the very end of an asile on the top shelf too, so I can’t reach it.  Anyway, the pizza came a few minutes after it was suppose to and the guy had forgotten the Pepsi.  He said “Your going to kill me.  I forgot your Pepsi!”  Then he told me that he had told another guy not to forget the drink before he left, and said he’d be back in about 10 minutes.  It was a lot longer when he came back, and he gave me one bottle of Pepsi.  I told him I had ordered two bottles, he made a comment about how he really should learn how to read, and left for the second time to go get the other one!  When he returned he had two more bottles!  He gave me a free one because of his mistake!  So now I have almost 6 litres of Pepsi!  What am I going to do with all of it?

I was talking to Julian earlier.  I wont be able to today because he’ll be really busy cooking and getting ready for a New Years Eve dinner at a friend’s house.  I feel really crappy about not being able to spend New years together, and not being able to call each other or anything.  I just hope 2007 is better for everyone! 

I guess I can call home and wish my sister a Happy New Years at 10:30pm, providing she even hears the phone ringing over the music.  It will be midnight in Newfoundland.  My mom and step dad are going to a new years Eve party, so I wont get to talk to them.  I don’t know what I was thinking, but before I moved here I thought I’d have a great New years Eve at the Peach Drop here.  (It’s Atlanta’s version of dropping the ball in Times Square in NYC.)  The biggest thing I ever done for New Years yet is spend it at home.  Once my mom and step dad had my aunt and uncle and a friend over and I was old enough to drink, so that was ok, but that’s all I ever really did for New Years Eve.  A few Years ago I spent it with Alok in my apt. and Matt came over….  No wait, that was Canada Day I think….  God, my life is so lame sometimes….

 The New Years Eve I really remember is 2000!  I spent the whole night on the phone with my cousin.  She lived in Ontario, and we spent it talking all night waiting for the new Millenium to start.  My mom and step dad were at a New Years Ball, and my sister was sleeping.  My cousin is my age, and we grew up together but I don’t really talk to her anymore.  I stopped because she just tells everything to her step dad’s sister and then everyone in the world knows whatever it was she told her!  I mentioned moving to B.C. when I was thinking about it to her and within no time at all (after making her promise not to tell anyone), she had told Sonya and Sonya had told her mom, who is my step dad’s real mom.  My mom asked me about it awhile later.  She said Louise ahd asked her when I was leaving because Sonya had told her I was leaving!  News travels fast!  Especially when you don’t want it to….

I know it’s not nice of me to not talk to my cousin anymore, but I know I will end up telling her about what’s going on now, and she will have it broadcast over the world within a few hours!  I can hear her now telling Sonya everything, and Louise coming to my mom’s house and sitting down at the kitchen table and asking about Julian and when the baby’s due!  If you mention a tiny hint about anything that is even remotely possible it gets twisted until it turns into something huge!  Meanwhile she’s pregnant herself, and I swear she is lieing to everyone about the due date because she was pregnant long before she was married.  Like that really matters that much these days….

I do want to get married and have a family, but if I got pregnant before getting married then I wouldn’t lie and say I wasn’t pregnant before then!  People are going to find out when you have the baby!  I guess some people don’t think that far ahead….

Anyway, I hope we don’t have any thunder showers here today!  It would really suck if the power went and I got stuck upstairs, or worse….  In the elevator!  I hope everyone has a happy new year!  Time to think of some New Year’s Rersolutions….