my home deconstruction project

I am slightly annoyed. At least it is only slightly now considering that since last night I have been without my phone AND my internet. And why is this you might wonder? It is all due to the fact that I decided to cleanse my energetic space and have my apartment painted. I chose to use a friend of mine and whenever I do this, I find that SOME thing goes awry.

This time she did a great job of painting my place. I was thrilled BUT when I went to plug the telephone wire into the wall, there was so much paint all over the face plate that the plug wouldn’t go in. She said we should poke and dig OUT the offending paint and THEN plug it all in…..ARGH. I said “Uh, not! But she insisted and when said plug was put into said wall outlet, NADA………the phone is working but I have no connection to a phone line.

EXPLETIVE EXPLETIVE EXPLETIVE

And THEN she asked me where another phone jack was in the apartment. I had a feeling where this was going but still I said there is the one for the computer but what does that have to do with THIS connection. She wanted to check the plug into another jack because she is thinking that it has nothing to do with the blocked and NOW scraped to “crap” outlet. I asked her nicely NOT to do anything to the other jack but she was already on a roll and of course that one was also covered with paint……are you sensing where this is going? You betcha………. POOF……….successfully ruined my internet connection too.

It is not anything simple like a new little plug. I am now going to have to get the telephone company to do a house call and that will not be cheap. Anyway, we all know that things happen for a reason.

Any ideas here folks???

I am sure wondering why I persist in having relationships with people that irritate me so. And why do I keep giving her my business even though it becomes so stressful for me to have her around. There must be something about her that is within me but I have yet to get it.

Let’s see. We are both creative. Both attractive women in our 50’s. Single. We both tend to like working in an entrepreneurial arena with out a boss. Uh, wait a minute here. That could be one of the lessons here. Both of us do not like to have others telling us what to do nor when to do it. She is very bossy and opinionated. Am I like that? I just got another hit here. I was helping someone move the other day and I simply took over and tried to get things moving along faster than they would have had I not been there to take over. But I was thanked profusely for that “taking over” situation. I do not like to be pushed or forced to do anything against my will and this person (said Painter) always has a suggestion as to how I could do something differently regardless as to whether it is anything that would resonate with me.

Anyway I finally left and continued on to my scheduled meeting. The painter dudette has arranged for an electrician to come to my place in the morning and try to remedy the situation. Hopefully this will work…….in fact I’m sure it will but still there is no phone or internet for me today.

I do realize how much I depend on my connection to the internet. I spend a large amount of time both on line and at my computer. I know that tonight I will be writing more and you will be receiving it after the fact but at least the rest of the computer is working so the writing can be my focus for later.

Hmmmmmm, perhaps something good has come out of this.

Anyway, I’m now off to do my little fitness coaching job and I do admit to enjoying my time there. I’m chuckling as I realize that even though it is a JOB, I am in charge and everyone is looking to me to help so at the end of the day, it is the perfect job for me.

See Katrice smiling again.

NOTE TO SELF - Do NOT use this person for any more of my household beautification projects regardless of how cheap she is………You get what you pay for and like someone once said -

Nothing is free no matter what the small print says.

You always pay in the end……….groan……..