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Home alone
Oct. 9th, 2009 09:32 pmAnd it's getting darned cold out. Gary's in Chicago at his mom's, won't be back until early tomorrow morning. There's a freeze warning here for tonight. Probably the end of the tomatoes and lettuce.
I started up the woodstove for the first time, but it's at the opposite end of the house from the bedroom. We have a long, low, ranch style house. I'm pondering taking my quilt and a plushie or two to sleep by the woodstove rather than in the cold bedroom all alone. ;p
We were talking on the phone earlier when his phone suddenly cut out. He called back on a friend's landline and said that his phone had a message on it that he had run out of cash balance and must deposit more before he could use it. That would make sense, as it's a pay-as-you-go arrangement, except that it is supposed to automatically charge $15 to my credit card whenever he gets down to a $5 or lower balance. So I checked online, and indeed no charges from his phone for quite a while. Went to the provider's website and yes, they show a zero balance, and they show that it is supposed to automatically add $15 when he gets below $5. OK, I thought, they didn't get the new expiration on my card. So I checked that, and no, it was correct and current. Gave in and manually added $20 to his balance, which should reactivate the phone. I can only guess that some glitch kept them from doing it automatically, and they don't retry. Dumb programming.
Tomorrow will be a long day. Time to bring in more wood and go get that quilt.
I started up the woodstove for the first time, but it's at the opposite end of the house from the bedroom. We have a long, low, ranch style house. I'm pondering taking my quilt and a plushie or two to sleep by the woodstove rather than in the cold bedroom all alone. ;p
We were talking on the phone earlier when his phone suddenly cut out. He called back on a friend's landline and said that his phone had a message on it that he had run out of cash balance and must deposit more before he could use it. That would make sense, as it's a pay-as-you-go arrangement, except that it is supposed to automatically charge $15 to my credit card whenever he gets down to a $5 or lower balance. So I checked online, and indeed no charges from his phone for quite a while. Went to the provider's website and yes, they show a zero balance, and they show that it is supposed to automatically add $15 when he gets below $5. OK, I thought, they didn't get the new expiration on my card. So I checked that, and no, it was correct and current. Gave in and manually added $20 to his balance, which should reactivate the phone. I can only guess that some glitch kept them from doing it automatically, and they don't retry. Dumb programming.
Tomorrow will be a long day. Time to bring in more wood and go get that quilt.
