the morning after the day before

Oh, the delicious irony of life. I walked all over my neighborhood yesterday and today I am several pounds heavier. (I need to believe that something extraordinary is possible. Like dropping those pounds pronto.)

And I wrote like a woman possessed yesterday, 10:00 am and 10:00 pm; did you read it? Today I'm a drowsy lump of a human with a barely functional brain, so of course the comments should come flooding in like the tide.

Or something like that.

Oh, and how silly of me to forget to mention this! When I came home last night, there was a message from a Verizon rep saying that they still "hadn't been able to put in the order" for my DSL and they hoped to be able to give me good news in "a few days." They wanted me to know that they "haven't forgotten" about me.

I sent a cranky e-mail to their customer service people last night saying, "When people ask me what I think of Verizon DSL, what am I supposed to tell them? Get it together." This is absurd.

Today:

• laundry
  
• book shuttle to DC
  
• e-mail and call the guy in VA about my MGB
  
• exchange size medium ankle brace for size small ankle brace at City Sports
  
• work out work out work out
  

And of course whatever I'm forgetting right now. What am I forgetting?

Wednesday evening blues

How's my driving?

From this morning:

• laundry
  
• book shuttle to DC
  
• e-mail and call the guy in VA about my MGB
  
• exchange size medium ankle brace for size small ankle brace at City Sports
  
• work out work out work out

BZZT. Unimpressive. I could go work out now, but of course my back hurts from doing laundry. Whine.

The high point of my day was finding out that my superintendent 1. is almost fifty (I'd thought him to be mid-thirties, and I'm not kidding) and 2. was a professional soccer (futbol) player in the 1970s. How cool is that? Yowza.

I talked to Verizon. It's hard to stay angry when their people are all so nice. My DSL is now scheduled to go online on September 11. Considering that it was supposed to be on by August 28, I'm less than thrilled. But I can't do anything about it, so I'm trying not to start writing certified-mail letters to Verizon's CEO with copies going to the state attorney general and the Better Business Bureau. I can wait until they screw up the next deadline before I do that.

But while I was on the phone with one of their very nice people, I got myself enrolled in One Bill, or at least I will be enrolled once I pay my cell phone bill. See, my local, in state, and long-distance phone service is Verizon. My DSL provider is Verizon. My cell phone provider is Verizon. Why get a bunch of different bills when you can get 'em all in one envelope?

"I'm such a little socialist," I told the Verizon rep, laughing. "Just make my life more convenient and I'll love you forever." But I wonder how long it will be before some libertarian type accuses Verizon of being a monopoly and starts screaming for deregulation.

C'est la vie. I need a good movie to watch, and a good friend with whom to watch it. Instead, I have a dial-up connection which keeps dropping me and a cat without sympathy. Meh.