Internet

So hammering, sawing and punching new holes in my walls have ensued.

Since I was in for a penny, in for a pound kind of mood, I decided to get internet. I have internet, I think. Though it seems to come and go at will, and it is not my will that it is interested in. During the day, when I am busy and not on my computer, full speed internet. At night, when I have time and am on my computer, no speed internet.

I have bought new modems and new routers. I have changed from one company to the next and back again. I have purchased upgrades for computers. I have tried laptops and desktops. All have been to no avail. Sometimes it is on and sometimes it is off.

The kid can't get it in his room, which is right off the kitchen, but we can get it in the back yard. We can get it down the hall but not in the room where the router resides. We are in quite a pissy mood about this, well, mostly me and I'm pretty sure it is because I am in a pissy mood about everything.

Lovely internet dude shows up today. He is also the tv dude. We have tv. We have internet, as long as we ARE SITTING RIGHT ON THE ROUTER. What the hell! I don't own a mansion. My walls are not made of heavy steel. Crap, when it rains and the wind blows, you can feel it right in the living room. This house is not air tight. Yet, we are locked up like the federal depository when it comes to internet. Yep, that internet is NOT traveling.

The dude moves this and that. Unplugs this and that. Pushes this button and that button. Nothing. I can get the internet, the kid cannot. The kid can get internet, I cannot. On and on it goes. The dude starts to get annoyed, as if I had planned this very fun activity for his Thursday ON PURPOSE.

Finally, he decides he has done his level best to get us internet and so his job is done. As a parting gift, he explains he gets the internet AT HIS ENTIRE HOUSE and good luck to us. If we need additional service, please just give them a call back. ADDITIONAL SERVICE my ass! I need the regular service. I want internet in my whole home. The internet that I am paying for.

Now I have two internet companies. One so I can have internet and one so the kid can have internet. It is costing me a friggin fortune. I will just live with it for the time being since I have so much other stuff on my plate, but man, I really, really wish something, ANYTHING, in my life would have a easy button attached to it.