Houston Directv Techs are CRAP!!!

Yesterday I had an appointment between the hours of 8-12 to fix my broken dish problem.. by now I have been without tv for over 2 weeks. but I am cool because hey I am getting it fixed today. so 12 pm rolls around getting a little pissed, then my phone rings, it is the tech saying he needs directions.. hmmm only problem is I don't know how to get him to my house.. Finally he shows up at 1 pm, cool I am happy because yay tv getting fixed... he goes outside, comes back in and says, my ladder is broken.. you need to reschedule because I can't get my ladder down. WAIT WHAT!!!!! then he says call the number to reschedule and leaves.. now I am not gonna argue with a man in my house when my dogs are locked up so fine he leaves.. I call the number back and talk to the operator AGAIN!!! i find out that the supervisor will be coming out between 6-8 last night.. ok cool, again i am ok because my tv will be back on. 8 pm rolls around, no show, no phone call. by now i am seething there is smoke coming out of my ears. So I call directv AGAIN and find out that the local office closed at 7.30 ( convinent) So they were going to put notes in the account and blah blah blah.. I can't talk anymore because literally i will go postal. So dave gets on the phone and calls. Well we got a lot of things refunded to us and they are supposed to be out here sometime today.. yeah i'm holding my breath for that one.

Exhaustion is an American Flag Blanket.....

I finally finished the blanket. I am ready to pass out and not wake up for a week.. here is the final product.. it's going into the selectee auction for this next week... someone will be very very lucky.

Helpful advice from the Locals

Apparently here, a stop sign means stop.. this I didn't know and will be forever thankful to the lady who let me know today. When a small gap appears between fast moving cars I should dart through it so that the person behind me can move up a quarter inch and wait their turn to turn. Blinkers are for wimps, Only babies go the speed limit here. It is perfectly acceptable to ride someone's butt on the road but everyone else should stay off your tail. Despite the fact there are torrental downpours everyone should continue to go 80 MPH crusing through the lakes on the road, paying no mind to those trying not to slide out of control. The horn is an extention of your middle finger, both which get used plenty here. Patience is not anyone's strong suit here. I am obviously a newbie at this.

Not as strong as I thought?

I am a pretty strong person, or so I thought, today though has brought me down several pegs. Lately all I feel like doing is crying. I know I know its the stress of all this select stuff and other bs. But today when I was talking to the tricare rep, I really wanted to just freak out on her and cry, which I didn't, but I did cry after I got off the phone.. Sometimes it seems like it is just too much for me to handle.. I can't share with anyone, since no one seems to know what I am going through.. Honestly I just want some normalcy.. I want to be able to not freak out about the electic bill, I just want the little bit of regular life back. *sigh*