Little Victories

I'm now convinced that it really was the president. I replied with my business address for the refund and proceeded to lay out what the exact problems their product had, how their competitors did it better and cheaper, and how this product didn't compare to the quality of other products his company sold. But, I also commended him on his response to my complaint and thanked him for giving a damn. I compared his actions to how I would handle a similar situation in my business. He replied again with a nice, semi-personal message. I don't believe a staffer would have taken things to that level. I could be wrong. If I am, it speaks well of their training program.

How non-Comcast of them!

 

Little victory is pretty damn big - ticket to the VIP authors/poets reception Friday night for volunteering to work a four-hour shift at the National Book Festival on Saturday.

 

The check arrived, handwritten and signed by the president of the company. I like this guy, even if this particular product of his sucks ass.

 

Yesterday morning the drip thingy in our coffeemaker got clogged (mesh filter was too full, overflowed and clogged the drip thingy) and it took the coffee quite a while to dip through. This morning it wouldn't draw the water not matter what I tried--checking the basket, checking the internal filter, turning it off & on several times, etc.

Finally twice I lifted it off the counter about an inch and let drop, the equivalent of smacking it. Lo and behold, it started drawing water and brewing coffee.


I'm not sure what will happen tomorrow am.

 

People keep randomly complimenting my face.

 

I made it through the day.

 

As well they should!

 

I managed to actually get some sleep yesterday without being woken up by what sounds like a college orgy from the upstairs dorms. Mission Accomplished, oh and I succesfully turned in an essay before 10 minutes due on my online college course.

 

Four and a half hours to go.

 

Looked at washers and dryers with my girlfriend. Looks like we may have found what we like. Also a suitable refrigerator. Then bought a twin xl mattress set and frame for her 17 year old son.

 

All my stuff that needed to be moved back to my parents is there. No more drives up there. Just waiting to hear word on the date, and I'll have one more long drive to move to Vegas.

 

My house is super clean.

 

I have finally sorted through many boxes of old mail (see my thread about shredders). Don't ask why I had so much old mail, you really don't want to know.

The downside is I need to further organize what I saved, and shred many old bills in order to file the "new" stuff.

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Shredders, specifically confetti & micro cut, recommend some. | Page 2 | The TFP

 

Survived helping to plan one of the biggest parties of the year at work.... As an introvert... That is quite an accomplishment for me!

 

Between my daughter getting out on her own and some employment rules changes, QW and I will be reducing our health insurance premiums by @80% for 2015. Gonna free up almost $500 per month to plow into paying off the house and building our retirement nest egg a bit more quickly!