I am in a pretty good mood today, reason being is that I have a three day weekend coming up and I just can’t wait. The last time that I had a three day day weekend was, ok, I had a four day weekend when I went to South Carolina last month but that doesn’t count because I asked for two vacation days. Anyway, the last three day weekend that I had was way back in May which feels like a long time ago.
I am probably going to be lazy and just sit under the peach tree with some food, a non alcoholic drink and watch all the pretty girls walk by, happy people walk by, yeah, that is what I meant. On a side note, I have to be careful whenever I mention pretty girls now lest my beautiful gf get mad at me and kicks me where it hurts, not that she is violent in any way, I am just saying. Anyway, It would be way funner if I had my Sunshine with me but I still have not taken her to the doctor, I know, I am a bad parent but have no fear I will take her, just as soon as I can get some time off. I really mean that.
I finally did what I should have done a while back when I first laid my eyes on that G1. On June 1st while I was in Greenville my gf and I went to a T-Mobile store mainly because I wanted to know if they would do a price match on the G1 since I had seen it being sold for $98 dollars online. So I asked the guy and he said no, I said thanks and we went our way.Once I was home I decided to Nike and ordered it from Wirefly. I chose the black G1, My faves 300 plan along with the unlimited web and message bundle and the final price was $97.99 which wasn’t that bad.I received an order confirmation the same afternoon and my phone was delivered on June the 8th and have been happily using it ever since. I do need to buy a cover for it and I think that I know exactly what I want. For the record, I don’t think that I will get a metal case this time, too slippery.
If you remember a while back I wrote a post about my nagging thigh pain. Well, I have been dealing with that pain and some new ones on the right side of my body from the waist down for the last couple of months or so.
I don’t remember exactly when it started but now it’s a huge aching mess of a pain that won’t go away. I have excruciating pain on my lower back and thigh constantly and every once in a while the pains shoots down all the way down my knee, calf and foot. The pain is so bad that when I go to bed I have to move so carefully in order to feel as little pain as possible. When I am sitting down as soon as I get up I feel pain and have to walk with my upper body bent slightly forward until I feel better and can straighten my body. If I cough it hurts, if I sneeze it hurts. I took medicine for a while and it helped but after about a week I decided that I wanted to deal with it without resorting to painkillers.
I have been checking my memory files to see when did something happen that might have caused the problem but I just can’t find anything.
I then started to do research online trying to find out what it could be and came up with a theory. I think that I may have a pinched Sciatic nerve, the symptoms fit like a glove but I am still left wondering how did it happen. Well, I think that I know that now as well but you’ll have to read part 2 of this post to find out.
by Edwin on June 17, 2009
in What?!!
I was minding my own business, the way I usually do, when I decided to check my e-mail. I then noticed that I had an e-mail from AT&T Wireless, I checked it and it was a remainder that my bill was available for viewing and that If I wanted to I could pay it right then and there and if I didn’t do that autopay would be applied later on this month.
First thing that caught my eye was the amount, I went over my allocated minutes and I knew that and was expecting half the amount. Then after doing some quick math I found out that I was charged .49 cents for each extra minute!!. That is when I asked myself, when did the policy change?, if I remember correctly it used to be .20 cents for each additional minute you went over and I don’t remember receiving a letter, e-mail or anything for that matter informing me of any changes, that is wrong in my opinion but then again credit card companies and wireless companies seem to be able to change the rules midway and always to their advantage. I sure wish that someone would look into that and the sooner the better for us consumers.
I then went to their site and lo and behold they have a new price structure for over the limit minutes, depending on your plan you can pay from .35 cents to .45 cents. I am guessing that since my plan is older that is why I was charged .49 cents, So, if you have AT&T check your plan details to see how much you will be charged for over the limit minutes, don’t let what happened to me happen to you.
When my Sunshine got sick last week I realized just how convenient having a laptop is. I would sit on the couch and work, I would be out on the porch and work, I would be under the peach tree and work. The weekend just made me realize just how bad I need my Sunshine back in working order ASAP. Now whenever I have to check or work on something I have to get up and go to my desktop, turn it on and sit there and do what I have to do. I sure don’t like like it but i have to get used to it until Sunshine gets better and I hope that is sooner than soon.
Something is wrong with Sunshine, my laptop, and I don’t know what it is. I turn it on and all I get is a black screen with the mouse pointer and nothing else. This has been happening for the last two days. I was talking to my girlfriend yesterday and while we were talking I turned it on just for the heck of it and it worked. Then, before I went to work it started again, slowly but it worked fine but not this morning. I already did all that I could do and nothing, I went to support forums and still nothing.I am so mad at myself, I wish I could do more but I just can’t and that really pisses me off. I am going to try again later today and if it doesn’t work I am going to have to take her to see the doctor. I just hope that I don’t end up losing my pictures or work because if that were to happen I would really be sad and mad at myself.
My trip to Greenville South Carolina was supposed to last a couple of days. I got there on a Saturday evening and left on Monday afternoon. Here is what happened to me on my flight back. My girlfriend, yes it’s official now, took me to the airport and dropped me off, I went through security and for some strange reason I was the only one that took his shoes off. Anyway, I got to my gate, sat and waited, we boarded and we took off. About 10 minutes into the flight the plane starts to make a turn, no big deal I thought, but the plane just kept on turning and turning so I began to wonder why. That is when the captain, I thought that I was the only captain, informed us that there was a problem with the plane and that we were returning to the airport.
We landed safely, got off the plane and sat there waiting for the plane to be fixed, the problem was with the landing gear. It took about 2 hours for the problem to be fixed and then we, all the passengers, got the news that the weather in Chicago was bad and that we were not going anywhere. I then spoke to the ticket agent to re-schedule and as soon as I finished that I called my girlfriend and ended up staying one more day with her and I sure didn’t mind that at all. It’s a good thing that I asked for two vacation days instead of one because we all know that it sure pays to Discover, I mean to plan ahead.
Took me a week but I am finally back and in charge just the way I like it. I took a mini vacation and went to South Carolina for three days, I left on May the 30th and was supposed to come back on June 1st but ended up coming back on the 2nd, more about that on a different post. When I returned I decided to take the rest of the week off and just relax and it felt good. Now it’s time to get back to work and I am ready, I will see you sooner than you think.
