Ok. I have to tell you about my day in hell

First of all, I woke up from a nightmare. Which I won't tell you about because I don't want to scare you. Well, the next thing I did was remember what a loser I was. No job, no clients to work with, no buyer for my house, no kids around and barely a friend to call my own. Well, those cheery thoughts are even without drinking for two nights. Cheer me on. Oh, it might be the tea. Those damn Chinese seriously put some property in their green tea to make you crave it fortnightly and then it gives you nightmares and suicidal thoughts.

Anyway, after I let the dogs out, and fed them, read and wrote for about an hour, I decided to tackle the garage door as I had a lunch date with one of those friends I don't have. When I realized the garage door was too complicated for a quick fix, and since it would open and shut with brute force, I decided to just fix it when I got back. If I could figure it out.

It was about 10:30 or so now, and today was my day to wash my hair. So, I did that and as I got dressed for lunch I heard my texting chirp on my cell phone. I by the way hate texting. I think it's the most assenine invention yet as most people look so stupid poking and reading and checking and chirping while they text. It's a distraction and rude to those all around you... so remember that when you text. Anyway, it pisses me off because I don't have the service and it costs me .15 each time I receive one and send one. Remember that when you text me. That's all I have to say. Besides, how damn hard is it to reach for and dial a phone these days? The text asked me if I got her email. Well, if i did, she wouldn't have to text me because I would have answered her normally like on email or a phone call.

Well, as I sat at my computer, confused as to why I couldn't receive my emails, I went and did the ole Clearwire sucks shuffle. You know the drill, turn the modem off, tap your toes, wait three seconds, turn the modem on.

I went back, still no service. I did it again. Still no service. I did it again, plugged it in, unplugged it...looked for some interference like a big motorhome in the driveway, but nothing. Then I noticed the lights on the modem were completely dark. It wasn't blinking at all like usual. So, then I called Clearwire and got their lovely and knowledgable technician. He had me plug and unplug again, and read the 100 digit Serial number off the back of the modem. Then he annouced matter of factly that I most likely needed a new modem and then he mumbled something about $100 and that he would be happy to send it to me overnight.... But it might take 3 days. I asked him why he couldn't have it there sooner, since he is sending it overnight. Well, I guess in some parts of the country when you buy overnight delivery they take 3 days. I wasn't quite getting the answer I wanted, and was by this time really iritated. Why does your overnight service take 3 days, when Fed Ex takes one night. Well, maam, I am sorry, but we use UPS. Well, sir, doesn't UPS offer an overnight package delivery? Well, yes, but I can't promise it will get there tomorrow. Sometimes it takes 3 days. Now, after being thoroughly confused and after going round and round and not quite getting a satisfactory answer as to why exactly overnight package delivery had become a guessing game instead of a science, I gave up. I asked him if I could just go down to the local store and pick up a new modem. Well, yes you might be able to, he said. So I asked him to locate the local  phone number if he didn't mind. No, he didn't mind. So I hung on the line and called. After a few tries, a nice helpful woman answered. I told her my issue and she said bring your modem down here and we can test if its working. It's most often the adapter, they go out all the time. Well, no problem...that seemed simple enough. Check if it was the adapter, get a new one and off I go. It was almost noon, so I asked her if someone would be there over lunch. She said, of course. Now, there was another reason to go into town and have a personal experience with my broken garage door. I arrived almost exactly at noon, since my lunch date cancelled. A large man spilled over the soda fountain lime green chair, and was aksing the young man over the counter if Clearwire ever went out in a storm. The attendent assured him never. After about 10 minutes, the large spill offered me the attendants time, as he was going to be a while. So, I thanked him and asked the man behind the counter if he could check to see if my modem was working. I explained the issue. He  promptly told me that he didn't have any working adapters in the building. I said, well, I was told by the woman on the phone in this office that I could come down and check to see if the modem is working or if its the adapter. Nope. We only have adapters here that don't work. He pulled out about 5 or 6 of them from the back room to prove it. Then I asked him to just sell me one. Oh, we don't sell them here. Ok. That's nice. He also added that he noted a modem was being delivered to my address. I began to explain to him that it would take 3 days for the overnight package delivery service....
Oh never mind.
I asked if there was another place in town that sold this type of adapter. He and the human spill offered up Radio Shack. I remembered all those I-Goes I used to buy for $150 a pop when I travelled and forgot my telephone adapter. I had visions of having to buy another I Go... seriously, they have 50 adapters in one package for any type of electronic device...even car adapters...except oftentimes for the phones I buy. So, over the years I began to fear Radio Shack because they got me every time. EVERY TIME. This time was different. They had the adapter and it only cost me $42 this time. I figure as soon as that overnight delivery gets to my house in about 3 days, I will bring that puppy back and begin to recoup the money I spent on those damn I Goes.
Well, that was my day. It took me all day to recover from this. I got the garage door fixed without calling a repair man. I called Mr. D instead and he told me how to put it back on the pulley and so I did it.
Yeah me.
I am going take a hot bath and try to get over this day.