MIA and back

Okay, so I've been MIA through the holidays because of a big mess of technical problems at my mom's house, where I've been for the holidays. So last time I was home the new internet service was supposed to be activated. Well, the technicians never came, so the service never happened. My sister stayed home all day waiting for them and didn't hear anything from them. She called the providers about the situation and they said that a technician did come. My sister said that the person never came to the door or gave her a call that he was there, and the internet still did not work. The providers said that they would reschedule, but they couldn't get out here until Dec. 30! A whole month later! My sister went with it...what can you do, right?
Well, Dec. 30th rolls around and the providers told my sister they would be there anywhere between 8-12. 9:30 rolls around and there is no sign of them, and to avoid the mishap from last month she calls the providers to make sure that they were on there way. The service help first says we have the wrong account number....her fault! Then says that they will be at our house between 11-12. My sister had to be at work by 1pm. 12:45 comes around and still no one. We call the providers again and she says the last operator should have told us that the the technicians have all day events and, really, they can come anywhere between 8 am and 8 pm! ARE YOU SERIOUS!? The operator continues to tell us that the ETA now is 1:37 pm....what? Anyway, my sister leaves for work and I said I'd handle it. I was on the phone with a friend when I noticed the provider's van outside past 2 pm, but I couldn't see the technician. I even had my brother go check to see if he could see him from downstairs. Then, when I checked again the technician was gone! He never came to the door to let us know that he had arrived, he never came to let us know it was working, or to ask us if we knew what we were doing. All, I have to say is that my mom was lucky that I was around for this because I figured it out, but it was quite a process. In my many experiences of getting a new internet service I have never had such horrible service. I also have never had to go through so many pages of inputting data to get the internet started. I mean it works fine now, but I don't think my mom would have been able to do it and the fact is that the technicians are supposed to make sure we know what we're doing. Oh well.

New Year was good. I was with my family at home. We watched my cousin's wedding from India on DVD and then watched the ball drop. It was pretty perfect. For once I didn't feel I should have been out celebrating...it was perfect. Next year, Greg and I plan on going to New York for New Year. At least that was his idea...sounds awesome, we'll just see if its feasible.

Today, now is the last day of my break. I'm not happy about that. My two weeks was a good break. I don't want to go back...I always go through this phase. While I'm home I want to be back in Des Moines and then give me a few extra days and I don't want to go back...mostly because I don't want to work. I do love my job, but doing hobbies would always be a bit more appealing.

I still want my sewing machine. I haven't bought it yet. I think I'll save up for it for this summer when I actually have time to play!

Okay, off to do laundry and pack up to go back tomorrow.