whiski_sour | Update on the life situation (Reply)

After two days on the phone with tech support, we were finally given an answer as to why we has no Interwebs. It seems our Internet service provider decided they don't like dial-up anymore, at least not in my town, and deactivated the number we used. WITH NO NOTICE. The only other numbers they'd give us were long distance, so we said fuck it.

We're now without Internet until we can get a new provider and it looks like we're going wireless (finally).

However, Gringo is much too old for wireless (he's 8) and the Tiki Idol Laptop is graveyard dead. So. New equipment is going to be required.

Well, my mom is getting my step dad a new computer for Father's Day and she's giving us one of her "old" ones (it's like six months old), but we can't get it until my step dad gets his and it looks like it won't be until early July. Dad gave me the quarters he's been saving for the past eight years ($575) and told me to go buy a laptop with that. So that's what I'm doing today at Mom's.

Yes, I know it would be quicker to go out and buy one instead of ordering online like I'm doing and had Best Buy not pissed off my dad eight years ago, that's what I'd be doing. But, since he's ponying up the money, I'm playing by his rules and ordering online. I can only hope that I get it quickly.

So it looks like I'll be toughing it out, depending on the kindness of Mom and friends for a little while longer.

Earlier this month, I applied for a job at a local bank via their website. I had to jump through a few hoops just to get that done only to find out that I had to make an appointment to take a test. I did.

Yesterday, I took the test. It was a video thing consisting of three parts. The first part, you had to pick the most efficient and least efficient actions for a particular situation (I was saddened that "punch to the neck" was never given as an option to deal with rude customers). The middle part, you had to count the number of errors on checks and deposit slips. The third part was math. You had to figure what they wanted to know without using a calculator, only scratch paper. Percents were involved on some of the questions. Did I mention that you only had forty seconds to answer? Yeah.

So after getting that done and feeling like a total moron (it's up there with the Family Video SATs), the send me an email asking me to fill out ANOTHER application online because I'd passed my assessment test.

Terrific.

Since I don't have all of my stuff here at Mom's, I start going through anyway to see if I can wing it. I gave up when I got to the part where they asked me when I started high school.

Not what year. WHAT DAY. I started HIGH SCHOOL.

As I've been out of school over ten years, I'm afraid I just don't remember and I'm pretty sure I haven't written it down anywhere.

So, I'm going to have to wait to fill all of this out when I have all of my stuff (I'll have to wing it on the high school thing). I'm just not sure when I'm going to have another chance at Internet access. I'm hoping that maybe haley will be able to hook me up tomorrow.

All of this for a part time job that probably only pays minimum wage. Makes me wonder if it's worth it.

So that's my world in a nutshell right now. Frustrations and crankiness galore.

I hope you all are well. I miss you terribly. I look forward to the day when we can be together again. /pining