I thought this year, things would be different. I was plowing through, full steam ahead. I was taking things one day at a time, and the next thing I knew, I was halfway through this month that seems to have some sort of ungodly vendetta towards me.
I was woken up on Saturday morning by a phone call from my mother. My father went into outpatients the night before feeling a bit off and with a burning in his throat and then had a mild heart attack when he was there. He has been there all weekend and they are doing an ECG on him sometime today to assess if there was any damage. They will likely bring him to the special unit in SJ by Wednesday where they will do a ballooning, or, if necessary, surgery. All things considered, he is extremely lucky. He didn't have any typical symptoms and he was lucky to have had the attack while in the hospital. He may only have minor damage, which his doctor says is likely to repair itself. But it served as a warning.
On the other end of the seriousness scale, yet I am posting these things chronologically, I decided that in order to distract myself while waiting for my mother to call me with updates, I decided to go take advantage of my 'loyalty bonus' (pft) at my cell phone company. So, I picked it out. The LG Rumour has a nifty slide-out QWERTY keyboard, which is great, except that THE R KEY IS FUCKED UP. Whenever I send a text message, if I decide to use a word with an "r" in it (ex: motherfucker), the message will SEND whenever I press the R key. So, it's really annoying. And I've spent many a 15 cents this weekend sending half-update texts to my sister. Also, the phone does not read my mini SD card. Faaaaaaawwwck.
But wait! There's more! During one of our many phone calls this weekend, my mother told me that doctors found another spot on one of my aunts lungs (she already have 1/4 of her left lung removed) and so she has to go back into hospital. In fucking addition to this, one of my uncles has also been admitted to the hospital in SJ with a variety of issues.
And so, finally. Yesterday afternoon, one of our neighbours,
who looks like that actor from the Princess Bride, came to ask us if our basement was leaking. BUT WAIT! I hear you all say.. DIDN'T YOU JUST BUY THIS BRAND NEW TOWNHOUSE THAT IS LIKE... 6 MONTHS OLD? Yes! You are correct! Why would I possibly have a leaky basement?
BECAUSE IT'S FUCKING NOFUCKINGVEMBER!!!!
sadly I was expecting Cary Elwes when I clicked that link, and it was not him.
Take the phone back to Telus and make them fix it for you and give you a loaner while you wait.
Hopefully you have a new homeowners warantee, most people do whose houses are built by contractors, not buddies, so look into that.
It's half done! Wanna get a coffee or something?
Heh, yeah, Cary Elwes would have been MUCH better. :)
I got it from effin' Aliant, so I'm going there tonight to see what they can do. HOWEVER, it hasn't been doing the 'r' thing the past two days, so I'm sure they are going to look at me and say 'get out of here crazy lady'.
And yeah, we do have a warranty, so I'm not worried about the cost or anything like that. I'm more worried about mold and future problems and resale value, and inconvenience.
I'd love to have coffee sometime, or maybe a movie date? Maybe the end of next week? I'm going home this weekend, only back on Wednesday, so sometime after that.
