Finally!

Gabe let me know in short order this morning when he couldn't get Nick or Disney on tv. I ignored him. He switched it to PBS and let it slide. I sure did hop on the phone to Comcast when I only got snow on HGtv, TNT, ABCFamily, and the Food Network, though. Snow on every cable channel except USA. USA had the decency to show me a screen that said, "Hey, Lady. If you checked your mail or paid attention to it when you checked it, you'd see that you now need a cable box to watch Comcast cable. Here's a number you can dial."

Oops. Well, I didn't really want to dial that number because my name isn't on the account, plus it is a business account, plus it is some sort of a package deal with internet and phone rolled in, and basically I've been down that road before without it ending at a cable box. I'd left if alone b/c all I'd lost were AMC, Sci-Fi, and the Cartoon Network. Who needs those? But I felt motivated enough today, with zero cable available, to dial up the number.

I scrambled through my memory for an old cell number that might be associated with the account. I used a combination of professional voice + harrassed employee voice + begging to get the lady to talk to me about it since I'm not Andy. PS - I felt really awesome that the bill was paid so I didn't look stupid on top of it all. Not that it mattered because Comcast does not actually associate with Business Comcast. So they gave me another number. I used the same voice combo to get Dan to schedule a technician (for a ridiculous fee) to come install a box to receive the free cable that we are already not paying for in our bundle deal. It will be Saturday, November 19th, between 11 and 2. How inconvenient. And from now til then, no cable. BUT I DID IT.

I'm so freaking sick of this damn puke bug I could die!

That is all.

Welcome to earth, Hollie Margaret

Congratulations to my brother David and his wife Emily on the birth of their first child, Hollie Margaret! Woo hoo! We just drove up to see them for the baby blessing this weekend, and she is about the sweetest prettiest little thing ever. I wanted to hold her every second. She was nice and quiet during her blessing, and she wore her mom's blessing clothes. So pretty!

The drive was HIlarious. Nine hours each way with my sisters and nieces across Texas and back. There was singing, seat-dancing, snacking, snorting, a little snarling. I feel bad for the passengers who hate road trips because I love them! I guess I'm lucky to be traveling with my favorite people.

The nieces - Faith and Madison - woke up Sunday morning with the urge to act like geriatrics. They spent almost the entire day talking in their old folks' voices, which sound like constipated, wheezy men, and calling each other "HARold" and "Maraline." None of us could say HARold right. You'll have to ask them to do it for you.

Unfortunately, Claire got the puke bug (again) while we were away. Bless that man Angelo who cared for her and all my other kids along with his this weekend! He's amazing! With nary a grumble, too. She's home from school today still, and her stomach hurts when she eats, so we'll see how long she takes to recover. I hate the idea of sending her up there and her suffering through lunch :(

Gabe decided I was crap while we were gone and has been treating me accordingly since my return. Dirty, rotten, little... That's what comes of being codependent with a 4 year old. Yes, Sarah, I'm saying 4. He ain't 5 for over a month, and I'm not rounding up.

Welp, that brings us up to date, I think. My kiddos are currently napping, so hopefully I can finish up some computer work before school lets out. Or nap.