We are moved-finally. I thought that would be it, but the fun is only just beginning.
We lived in our old place for 11 years, and it was clean- clean until we moved every last piece of furniture out, and took down every last picture. How come I never noticed that the walls aren’t really white anymore, but more like a light gray, and where did all those crayon, and little dirty hand-prints come from?
So now we have more work that we thought on our hands to do as quickly as possible, so it is ready to rent. We have managed to put away most of our stuff in the new house, so at least that is somewhat organized. But until you move all your stuff into a new place, you never really know. This new kitchen is bigger, but I can’t fit everything from the old kitchen into the new kitchen. At least we have a basement for storage.
I also wanted to get the computer set up as quickly as possible, and called a few weeks ago to make sure Internet would be on. It was, but they failed to tell me I needed a new modem. So I had to wait for that to be shipped to me. I kid you not- the computer had been up and running for five minutes, when my cell phone locked me out. It has never done this before, and it is the only phone I have in the house. It wanted a PKU code- whatever that is- it was locked on that screen. I tried taking the battery out and resetting it, and it didn’t work. I looked for help on-line and T-Mobile said they would send me the code-to my cell phone! That wasn’t going to help me, because the screen was locked waiting for the PKU code!
After posting my frustration on Facebook, I realized that the phone was still hooked up at the old house. As soon as the boys woke up from their nap, I loaded them in the car and went back to the house to call T-Mobile. The boys were running and playing around, and every noise they made was amplified by about 500% in the empty house. It was lovely trying to tell the nice lady at T-Mobile that I was at the end of my rope with this cell phone. A few minutes later she had it unlocked, but could not tell me why it had locked up in the first place.
I really, really, wanted to take the phone and back over it with the Jeep. But I needed a phone for tonight and tomorrow. I didn’t think my phone was that old, but it is almost two years old, and I have been told any phone over six months old, is considered old. Evidently, I have a dinosaur for a cell phone.
It wasn’t that big of a deal when I had a land line at home too, but now since this is my only phone, I can’t have another day like today, and thank goodness there wasn’t an emergency. So after work tomorrow, I am going to go cell phone shopping. Time to say good-bye to the Nokia 6010.
Bye-bye
I know what kind of phone I want- we’ll see if I end up with it. 🙂
If that wasn’t enough, I had a yearly exam today, and I was told my thyroid is enlarged and it needs to be checked, ASAP. I asked the doctor what does that mean, and she said it shouldn’t be enlarged and something is causing it- hormones, stress, a growth, or in rare cases cancer. She drew some blood to check my thyroid levels and said that would tell her in a few days some information, but I need to go get an ultrasound at the hospital so they can look at it. I really think this is stress or possibly hormone related, so I am not going to dwell on it for now, but if you want to send some positive thoughts my way, I would appreciate it.
I know I promised pictures of the house, but I can’t find the camera. Maybe I can take some on my new cell phone and post them soon. 🙂