After the drama with the harddrive, there was more drama in our ‘hood. I got the menu finalised and sent off to the printer just minutes before the windstorm brought down 2 large trees at the house on the corner. Of course this took out the power, phones and cable. Which is why I’m writing this from NuVision Graphics… I’ve got pix, but can’t be bothered to find an ftp client and all that shit on this borrowed machine.
GA Power came out and got the lines back up, but since they were contractors who apparently don’t know much about actual POWER, there was only a trickle of power coming in. So, we had to call GA Power AGAIN and they sent out Larry the Power Guy to fix it.
Seriously. This guy rolled up in a bucket truck, all alone to fix our power. I’m sure that’s about 10 OSHA violations right there. Then he worked on the lines with his bare hands. I kid you not. He was a Good Ole Boy and he damn sure got the job done. What does Larry say? GIT ‘ER DONE! Indeed.
AT&T had a truck out and they picked up the lines but did not get the phones working. They left promptly at 6pm – fuck us. Today an AT&T truck came to scope it out and just drove off. NICE.
In addition to this aggravation, there have been bad things happening to some of our friends. Caroline and Dru lost Dru’s dad a few days ago and Emily’s ex husband lost his dad, too. Then Emily found out that her mortgage company has had its credit lines dropped, which means no more job.
FUCK ME. Remember what I said about that number 11? Well, here ya go. Challenging, no?
So, that’s the state of affairs at Casa Misangela. If you need to contact me, cell phone is best until further notice. I put 90 minutes on my damn phone yesterday. 90. That would be $16.20. Most of that was on hold with the various utilities. SUCK. So, don’t call me unless it’s important, please. There’ll be time for chatting when ATT decides to get our phones/DSL back up. Wankers.
Speaking of wankers and Larry the Cable Guy, the next post is a flame not to miss! Just in time for me to vent some of my pent up aggression, too! SHWEET!