Mood: Friggin' Tired
Well, I'm 9
days in, with 10 to go until I get a day off. I can do
this! We need the money, too. Yeah, we need the money for
the times that I screw up. I screwed up...hardcore.
I have a pile of bills that
need paid, in order of when they're due. Electric is due by the
20th or something. Yeah, right. Only thing is, I didn't
notice that the bill I put in the pile was for NOVEMBER 20...not
December. Yeah, Brett came home today to no electricity.
Apparently, there was a past due notice in ANOTHER pile of mail...a
pile I hadn't gone through. ACK.
To get it back on tonight was
the $88 past due amount, a $50 after-hours reconnect fee, and the first
of 3 installments of $65 for an additional deposit. Yeah,
additional. They already have a $400 deposit on hand.
Bastards. Oops, sorry...that slipped. It is my mistake, my
fault, my bad. Merry Christmas, Aquila electric company...Merry
friggin' Christmas.
Anywho, the lights are back
on, so I won't gripe (any more than I already have.) Most people
wouldn't have admitted this ordeal, but I'm an open book. Honest,
you're liable to hear of a pending yeast infection, if I take a
notion. ROFL, gross.
This is such a tough time of
year in my industry. I love Christmas and baking and shopping for
gifts and stockings and trees and merriment. My job makes it hard
to keep on enjoying it, but I'm trying. I keep my kids enjoying
it, tell my husband that cooking by candlelight (we have a gas stove)
is an "adventure" and laugh at our misfortune. I'm doing well,
but there is still a bit over a week to maintain this facade. I
can't wait until Christmas Eve. A day off. Heavy sigh.
Then, on December 26, we'll have lunch with Toonguy Russ again. WooooHoooo! Life will be "up" again!
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3 comments:
yeast infection....LMAO. ok, wait, that's no laughing matter. yikes.
We've cooked over the fire pit before.... when the hurricanes went thru, we had no electricity for a couple days. Fun, fun, fun.
You'd think the elec company could call and leave a message telling you to call 'em back if you've got a past due, though, right?! ugh... but why would they do that - that's the LOGICAL thing to do.
Sing it with me now - Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy Happy Happy Joy Joy Joy! :-P
~Amy
OH, I hate it so when a stupid mistake of mine costs us money!!!! Especially since hubby acts like I did it to him personally. - Barbara
I have done that and it stinks! WOW $400? We put $25 deposit here
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