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le sigh, still without internet.

Well, I assume so at least, as I’m in the office.

Let me give you the rundown, see how stupid this all is.

• got Primus(the company, not the band) to connect a real phone to the house
• at the same time, the dry loop dsl went down
• called Velcom tech support, they told me to contact sales to deal with that
• called Sales the next day, they put in a request to Bell to add the DSL to my line, could take 5 business days
• wait
• wait
• Call Bell Thursday, they don’t want anything to do with me as I’m going through a reseller
• call Primus, they state that it should be resolved within 24 hours as apparently all they need to do is provide a line number or somethign
• 22.5 hours later, call Primus again and they said that there was nothing left for them to do
• Call Velcom support, there’s something wrong with the line, they put in an order with Bell
• Call Sales again to see what’s what, they said that Bell said they can’t add DSL because there’s no slots left in the box
• Dry loop is still there somewhere
• Request was put in with Bell(before I called even) to see about converting Dry loop to normal DSL
• This won’t happen because there’s a queue for internet on that box, so if the dry loop is removed, that slot could go to someone else
• New slow *might* be available somewhere between a month to a year
• Called Sales, told them to do nothing
• Support still has a call out to see what’s up with the dry loop
• Apparently Bell is still testing
• Hatred for Bell, especially since I’m not even a customer, has gone to record heights

What I suspect happened is that, when the Bell dude came by last week to check why the line wasn’t working, did some funny business and buggered the whole thing up.

See, even when you leave Bell, you can’t really escape Bell.

And if you’re not a customer, Bell is in no rush to help you even though they’re the only people that can do anything about it.

Hate.

Bell.

Tara got the sad news tonight that one of her cats had passed away.

The decline in health was sudden(last night) and tonight it was decided to put him down.

It’s been a very sad and emotional time for all involved, and I don’t think that it will pass anytime soon.

We become so attached to these little balls of fuzz and love, and it is such unconditional love.

I’ve lost two dogs in my lifetime, and it’s never easy, and never gets easier.

My heart goes out to them.

Since Tara changed jobs, she had to give back her blackberry. And the problem is that she used it all the time to call long distance(yes, this was totally allowed by her employer) to her mother and other friends.

But now she has no real way to do it other than to make a quick call on my cell and then get them to call her back. This isn’t helpful, so we broke down and got a land line.

We decided on a proper land line instead of vonage because vonage sucked, and we didn’t want the headache that entailed.

So we went with Primus because, for $50/month we got all the features we wanted and unlimited long distance.

It’s not connected yet, in fact I can’t remember when the connection date is supposed to be, but soon we’ll have a real land line to use.

And when that happens, I’ll make some adjustments to my cell plan to reduce it by about $20/month. Right now I just need the extra stuff on there, but when we get the line, I won’t.

And it’s also possible that Tara would carry it with her as she could give me a closer update as to when she’ll get to the bus stop. But right now, our timing is pretty good for that so we’ll see.

There’s no need for her to get a cell as, well, all she would do is call me, and I’m right here

We found out last week that our cat Ringo has diabetes.

I didn’t even know cats could get diabetes. But it would explain the sudden weight loss. He went from 17lb in May to 12.3lb just last week. So that’s a lot or weight to drop off in that time period for such a small animal.

We actually took him to the vet to get his tooth checked out, but apparently that’s the least of his problems.

We’re kinda beside ourselves right now, thinking that we had done all that the vets told us in terms of feeding, but apparently not. It seems that the dry kibble is the worst thing to give him as it’s high in carbs and lower in protein.

So we’ve taken him off that and just stuck him with the high protein wet food, and he’s eating it like there’s no tomorrow.

Also, we’ve started on twice a day insulin injections. I guess the main thing to watch out for is to not give too much. If in doubt, skip the injection. She had to make sure to stress this.

The insulin is the same stuff you give to people, as apparently it’s easier to come by. But we’re going to try and follow up with the vet next week.

So we’re going to set up a schedule to make sure that he’s not missing shots. This does mean that I’m working from home all the time now, and that’s fine by me.

The actual shots are pretty easy to give, so easy in fact that we’re not 100% sure we’re doing it right

So we get to watch him a little closer now, feed him the good stuff more throughout the day, and it’s entirely possible that he’ll go into remission.

That would get great, and it’s the goal we’re going for.

Other than that, he’s a pretty normal cat

Today marks the start of NaBloPoMo for 2009.

My updates have been, at best, weekly, and at worst….not weekly.

I’m going to see if NaBloPoMo can jumpstart my blogging again

I have no plan, no theme, no goals other than to blog daily for this month.

So consider this the kick off and I’ll give some weekend updates tomorrow