Vortexia's Secret

Wow, it seems like it's been so long! well let's see... we had a grrrrrrreat time at our girly slumber party. several of the girls flaked, so there were only 5 of us (down from an original number of 12), but those who came are wonderful, fun, and all get along great. so we had a blast! we had way too much food and alcohol for 5 people, so we stuffed ourselves full. K and i had purchased several alcoholic options so everyone would have something they liked, but we ended up being the only ones in the 5 who drank. so we had a few and will save the rest as a nice little stash for our pool relaxation days. the party was a funny mix of 8-year-old slumber party meets adults getting crazy. i think we need more of that.

yesterday K and i worked on a debate for one of our LAST classes (yay!) and then bummed around. we went to see godsend and snuck in McD's since we had worked through lunch. due to a traumatic incident with a fry and the smell of horse manure, i don't think i can ever eat their fries without thorough inspection, though. when i finally headed back home, J came over. it was a strange night. some very good and some very crappy parts.

today i had to deal with the pea-brained customer support representative of my cellular service provider of choice. first i'd just like to say that i'm sick of all the good deals going to new customers. what about those of us who have stuck with the same company for over 5 years? what kind of appreciation do we get? nothing. that needs to change. when my contract expires i want to become a free agent, baiting each company that they need to give me the best deal and create some special deal just for me because i'm such a valuable customer. but i digress... this bumbling idiot in customer service picks up my call, i explain what the problem is, and he fumbles for several minutes. i'm quiet because i assume he's taking care of it and just isn't into the small talk or explaining everything he's doing thing. several minutes later he asks for the phone number and name on the account. deciding to be a generous person, i didn't tell him off and gave him the benefit of the doubt in case he had just gotten out of training or something. he bumbles around for several more minutes before i ask if he can see the extra charge on my account. he kind of says yes. after twenty minutes of silently screaming because i wanted to hurt him, i asked if there was a problem with removing the charge. at that point he admits that he really has no idea how to do any of that so he'll transfer me to somebody higher up. that exchange should have occurred after one minute. i clearly stated what the problem was, and if he didn't know how to handle it he could have just said so and saved twenty minutes of my life. how much longer would that have continued if i hadn't asked him what was wrong? geez. so the higher level person wasn't a customer service person even, but she quickly and effectively handled my problem and wrote a note in my account that i didn't want the package added to my account again. she was nice and even wished me a good weekend at the end of it. thank you to her, and i hope they really did record that other conversation so she can call him up to her office and fire him. idiot.

ok, on to better news... tomorrow i only have to attend one of my three classes. yay! i will represent one side of a debate on homelessness, sit back the rest of the class, then turn in a final paper for my second class (without having to go to said class), then go home and enjoy the little breath of freedom. unfortunately i will also have to do more financial aid, loan application crap and one last assignment for my wednesday night class. but hopefully i can at least get it done and out of the way for the rest of the week. ok, with an optimistic attitude for tomorrow... goodnight!

P.S. Keep them in your prayers.