I’m not one to pretend that my life is perfect, because I know that it’s not. Most days, I struggle just to get through the day without losing my mind! Recent cuts in my husband’s hours at work have left us scraping just to pay the bills, and many times, we aren’t even able to do that. This week has been no exception!
Yesterday morning started off as a “typical” late summer morning. I woke up around 9 AM, grabbed my first cup of coffee and headed out here to watch the news and do a little bit of web surfing. I had remembered that my husband had told me that I should be able to go online to schedule a package pickup for a box that I’ve needed to get sent out since Monday, so I did that while I was thinking about it. I then checked out my normal first thing in the morning websites (i.e. News and my feed reader as well as a forum I frequent).
I had a few blog posts I wanted to get done so I logged in here and started typing one up. As I went to add an image to the blog post I got an error message that said I wasn’t connected to the internet. My first thought was to look at the little icon down in my tool bar, which showed that I still had a connection. I then looked over to the modem, which told me that I wasn’t connected. I won’t deny that my phone/DSL bill is past due because it is. But I had a letter that told me that I had until the 26th to pay it before it was disconnected. Thinking it could possibly be a glitch; I called the tech support for my DSL and was told that my account was indeed suspended and that they’d send me over to the billing department.
Once on the phone with them it was again confirmed that my account was indeed suspended and that in order to have my services reinstated I would need to not only pay the past due amount, but also the current bill with no exceptions. Yes, it is my fault for not paying the bill on time, but when I have a piece of paper that tells me I have until the 26th to pay it and you shut it off 5 days prior to that it creates a bit of a problem.
See, not only is our home phone and DSL on this bill, so are our cell phones. With the work that I do, if I can’t get online, I can’t work and if I can’t work, I can’t earn money. And my husband is called by his employers on a nightly basis to let him know if or where he is working the next day, so if the cell phones and the house phone is off, they can’t call him, which means he can’t work. And when I explained to the phone company rep about the letter sitting in front of me stating that I had until the 26th to pay the bill, she did confirm that is what their files said as well and she wasn’t sure why it was turned off 5 days earlier, but since it was there was no way to turn it back on without the bill being paid in full.
Honestly, days like today make me want to run away, FAR, FAR AWAY!! You know what I mean, find one of those remote Caribbean villa rentals and just plop my butt down in the sand and just escape everything! Yes, I know, doing that takes more money than what I’ll have to pay to get my phone and DSL turned back on, but it sure is tempting after days like yesterday! I’m honestly not sure when I’ll be able to get my phone and DSL back on, it could be as early as today or it may not be until next week, but I’ll let you know when I’m back!
And in case you’re wondering just how it is that I’m making this blog post if I don’t have an internet connection, well, you see, I have a WONDERFUL friend who came to my rescue and let me come over to her house and borrow her computer.
