working and verizon screw up

the older children have been at camp this week, it's been quiet, and peaceful, and busy. I've been working hard to de-clutter.

I got one room done along with the closet in that room, another room done but not the closet. I've started the kitchen -- just to get to the kitchen table and the extra counter (my kitchen is a very large 18'x11') the counter i was working on is on the other end from the actual kitchen counter, cleared off the dog cage that sits by that counter.

so now i want to put every thing away, because if i don't..................the children will drag it all out again ------ ug!!!! and all my hard work will be for naught.

so that is tonight's project.

then it's bed, up early to go get them, and then maybe come home and crash - lol

tomorrow night will be popcorn and a movie, the same with Sunday and then the cable will go off on Monday -- yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh no -- no more electronic babysitter what ever will i do - rofl

call # 1 -- i called verizon yesterday (Thursday the 18th) told them to switch the TV to local only on Monday the 22th, double checked that my contract was up and there would be no penalty told them not to change my current internet or phone options, and of course they changed the tv the second i hung up the phone -- idiots

call # 2 -- so i called back a few hours later when i realized what they had done and they said they couldn't do any thing their system was down and that they would call me back --- since when does a company this big ever ever ever call back? so no they didnt' call back

call # 3 -- so i called this morning and they fixed it with in the hour, and i made the girl assure me i was not getting locked into another contract they were just fixing the problem they created, she said i wasn't, but that my phone bill would have a lot of +'s and -'s on it, but she couldn't take the order to turn off the tv on monday because she was putting in the order to turn it back on -- so i'll wait till monday that way they can't screw it up again (ok i'm not holding my breath here)

if there was ever a company that was too big for it's britches and run by a bunch of arrogant grade C/buisness college graduates who care more about their stock holders then their customers -- and i'm not even sure if my phone service actually comes from them any more, they sold the area net work around here.... phone system never should have been de-regulated

and i wish i could get my copper line back a three hour batter back up doesn't cut it

o.O