Mind if I complain a bit? Too bad, I will! ;-)
Good gods this week has been frustrating.
First... the heat. It's been between 100-120 all week. We don't have A/C, just a swamp cooler. And swamp coolers don't work if the humidity is over 7%. Unfortunately, several days it HAS been over 7% humidity. Plus, whomever designed this house was a complete moron when it comes to air circulation. The swamp cooler is in the hallway, and the air doesn't circulate throughout the house because there's no vents really. So we've been sweating our asses off every day. I feel disgusting. I can't wait to be in a house with actual A/C.
We've all been pretty cranky the last week. Poor Rhiannon can't sleep more than 20 minutes at a time during the day because she's just HOT. She sleeps the whole night, usually with her door closed, but last night I had to leave it open so she could get SOME cool air in there (from the swamp cooler that barely works).
House stuff: It looks like we're probably going to get accepted for the house. Our dream house (the big one), the one we didn't get accepted (because of STUPID reasons), was sold. *sigh* Our second choice though (the two story) is the one we're waiting on. Like I said, we will probably be accepted though. We were accepted by the sellers already, right after we made the offer over a month ago... we've just been waiting on the seller's bank to accept it. It's a short-sale, and those take FOREVER. The bank recently sent us some paperwork to sign and our real estate agent says that's a really good indication that the bank is going to accept. Yay!
However, even if they accept and go into escrow, it'll be another 30 days or so before we actually close and can move in. We are moving out of our house here in about 2 weeks time. So we'll have to find a small apartment to live in until we close on the house and can move in. These next few weeks are not going to be fun. *sigh*
I can't wait until we can move into the new house though. I'm really looking forward to having three bathrooms, lol. That was one thing we really loved about this house... each bedroom has it's own bathroom. :-D And the bar in the back yard is very lovely. We've been planning out where our furniture's going to go. :-)
Rain's vaxes: Remember my journal entry where Gwydd and I were *pissed* at the hospital because they kept recording a vaccination in their records that wasn't given to Rain? The Hep B vaccine that we refused her to get. Anyways, I sent a formal complaint to the hospital about it. Today I called to make an appt for Rain's 6 month check-up and shots. The guy on the phone was someone in charge. He set up the appt and then asked if we were the ones who made the complaint about the vaccination center. I said yes, that was us. He told me that after I made the complaint, the whole vaccination center had to go through a training session again, where it was emphasized that they do NOT just copy and paste all the "routine" vaccines (which is what they were doing) and that they input each *individual* vaccination AS it is given. I said, "Good." So yeah...
Internet issues: For the past three days, the internet has been going in and out. It'll be on for about 1-2 hours in the morning, but then it'll go out every 5-10 minutes. 20, if we're lucky. And it'll stay out for about 5-30 minutes. It's been INSANELY frustrating! And since we have cable internet, our CABLE keeps going out too. I like to have TV shows on in the background at our house, so it's been hair-rippingly frustrating when the cable goes off every 5-10 minutes... sometimes in the middle of shows I'm actually watching. I finally got fed up with that and started watching our Law & Order: SVU DVDs.
We called Time Warner Cable 2 days ago, and they said it's a "known issue in your area and our technicians have been working on fixing the problem." Thankfully, day #3, it SEEMS like it may be fixed. The internet has been up for about 2.5 hours. :-D
Every time the internet would pop back on, I'd go "Yes!" and try to do something real quick before it shut off. Sometimes I was able to... sometimes not. I wanted to try to play the sims 3 (don't need the internet for that), but my stupid awesomemod has expired... UGH! So in between internet blackouts, I tried uninstalling and reinstalling awesomemod. Problem is, I'm a fucking idiot and can't figure it out. My game keeps crashing. I *think* I'm putting it in the correct places, and I'm trying to follow the directions, but it's not working. I'd ask for help online at the awesomemod message boards, but people are so fucking bitchy about it if you are having troubles. I understand where they're coming from (I also get really frustrated when trying to explain how to do certain html codes to people who are like internet-illiterate... I just want to bang my head into a wall), but I just want someone to help without calling me a moron. I've read searched threads, but I'm still an idiot and can't figure it out.
So I can't play my game. The heat is CRAZY and I feel sticky and gross. We're going to go to Denny's tonight... JUST so we can sit somewhere with freakin' A/C. Sorry if this entry sounded too complain-y or whiny... :-P
First... the heat. It's been between 100-120 all week. We don't have A/C, just a swamp cooler. And swamp coolers don't work if the humidity is over 7%. Unfortunately, several days it HAS been over 7% humidity. Plus, whomever designed this house was a complete moron when it comes to air circulation. The swamp cooler is in the hallway, and the air doesn't circulate throughout the house because there's no vents really. So we've been sweating our asses off every day. I feel disgusting. I can't wait to be in a house with actual A/C.
We've all been pretty cranky the last week. Poor Rhiannon can't sleep more than 20 minutes at a time during the day because she's just HOT. She sleeps the whole night, usually with her door closed, but last night I had to leave it open so she could get SOME cool air in there (from the swamp cooler that barely works).
House stuff: It looks like we're probably going to get accepted for the house. Our dream house (the big one), the one we didn't get accepted (because of STUPID reasons), was sold. *sigh* Our second choice though (the two story) is the one we're waiting on. Like I said, we will probably be accepted though. We were accepted by the sellers already, right after we made the offer over a month ago... we've just been waiting on the seller's bank to accept it. It's a short-sale, and those take FOREVER. The bank recently sent us some paperwork to sign and our real estate agent says that's a really good indication that the bank is going to accept. Yay!
However, even if they accept and go into escrow, it'll be another 30 days or so before we actually close and can move in. We are moving out of our house here in about 2 weeks time. So we'll have to find a small apartment to live in until we close on the house and can move in. These next few weeks are not going to be fun. *sigh*
I can't wait until we can move into the new house though. I'm really looking forward to having three bathrooms, lol. That was one thing we really loved about this house... each bedroom has it's own bathroom. :-D And the bar in the back yard is very lovely. We've been planning out where our furniture's going to go. :-)
Rain's vaxes: Remember my journal entry where Gwydd and I were *pissed* at the hospital because they kept recording a vaccination in their records that wasn't given to Rain? The Hep B vaccine that we refused her to get. Anyways, I sent a formal complaint to the hospital about it. Today I called to make an appt for Rain's 6 month check-up and shots. The guy on the phone was someone in charge. He set up the appt and then asked if we were the ones who made the complaint about the vaccination center. I said yes, that was us. He told me that after I made the complaint, the whole vaccination center had to go through a training session again, where it was emphasized that they do NOT just copy and paste all the "routine" vaccines (which is what they were doing) and that they input each *individual* vaccination AS it is given. I said, "Good." So yeah...
Internet issues: For the past three days, the internet has been going in and out. It'll be on for about 1-2 hours in the morning, but then it'll go out every 5-10 minutes. 20, if we're lucky. And it'll stay out for about 5-30 minutes. It's been INSANELY frustrating! And since we have cable internet, our CABLE keeps going out too. I like to have TV shows on in the background at our house, so it's been hair-rippingly frustrating when the cable goes off every 5-10 minutes... sometimes in the middle of shows I'm actually watching. I finally got fed up with that and started watching our Law & Order: SVU DVDs.
We called Time Warner Cable 2 days ago, and they said it's a "known issue in your area and our technicians have been working on fixing the problem." Thankfully, day #3, it SEEMS like it may be fixed. The internet has been up for about 2.5 hours. :-D
Every time the internet would pop back on, I'd go "Yes!" and try to do something real quick before it shut off. Sometimes I was able to... sometimes not. I wanted to try to play the sims 3 (don't need the internet for that), but my stupid awesomemod has expired... UGH! So in between internet blackouts, I tried uninstalling and reinstalling awesomemod. Problem is, I'm a fucking idiot and can't figure it out. My game keeps crashing. I *think* I'm putting it in the correct places, and I'm trying to follow the directions, but it's not working. I'd ask for help online at the awesomemod message boards, but people are so fucking bitchy about it if you are having troubles. I understand where they're coming from (I also get really frustrated when trying to explain how to do certain html codes to people who are like internet-illiterate... I just want to bang my head into a wall), but I just want someone to help without calling me a moron. I've read searched threads, but I'm still an idiot and can't figure it out.
So I can't play my game. The heat is CRAZY and I feel sticky and gross. We're going to go to Denny's tonight... JUST so we can sit somewhere with freakin' A/C. Sorry if this entry sounded too complain-y or whiny... :-P