Death

I woke up in the middle of the night with a very dry mouth and a very sore throat.  I got up and got a drink but that didn’t help much.  I was able to get back to bed.  I have a slight neck ache and my throat of course is very sore.  I also feel like I might have a low grade fever.  The first thought I have is oh no not COVID again.  I haven’t taken a test and honestly am a bit afraid.  However, I don’t feel nearly as bad as I did when I woke up with COVID back in January.  Perhaps this will pass in a day or maybe two. 

Saturday I was at home most of the day.  I got out to get the mail and got pizza.  I did myself in with Double Pepperoni as there was a bit too much grease.  Between that and the sauce it got to me and I didn’t feel the best.  I only ate one slice, had a salad before as well as a soda.  Dropped $40 and don’t think I will be going back there next time I want pizza.  If I do I won’t get double anything.  I at least took an anti-acid pill before I went because I knew there sauce would get to me.  Came back home and that was the day.  Watched TV and loafed. 

Sunday I got up had breakfast out, hit up the grocery store, topped off my tank and then came back home.  I’ve been here ever since.  I had a very long battle yesterday with AT&T.  We broke up and it was quite difficult.  Years ago there was fraud with people randomly being able to switch your phone to a different carrier.  AT&T put protection in place and I opted in.  Well this port protection is next to impossible to get removed.  Customer Service said they couldn’t do it, someone from Loyalty had to do it.  Then I heard Mobility Tech Support had to do it. Then and finally then I got to the Fraud Department who was actually able to help me.  The person verified it was me, then had to call me on my cell phone to confirm that I really wanted to remove fraud protection and port my number.  I did that, we hung up and back to the original call.  He was able to then remove the protection and I ported away.  They did try to keep my business but turns out I was already on the lowest cost rate plan they offered and it worked out to a little over $50 per month plus taxes and fees – which easily drove the bill into the $60 mark.  They tried but couldn’t beat Mint Mobiles low price and were astonished and amazed that I found something so low cost. 

Mint mobile is where I am at now.  It’s great I’ve got the same plan I had with AT&T and paid for a year of service up front, they do charge tax and have to collect the 9-1-1 fees so it worked out to about $200, still that is not bad at all considering it would have cost me much more in the long run with AT&T. 

Once my number ported I had to call Mint to reset my account as I couldn’t get any incoming calls but that was an easy fix.  Next it was up to me to figure out what to replace Active Armor with to combat spam.  I opted to go with Hi-Ya which is the same service AT&T was using and I got it for a lower price.  It’s not tied directly to my account but rather to my phone.  I needed one additional layer that was tied to my phone line and for that I went with YouMail, which is a voice mail service that also combats spam calls.  They have a free tier but I paid for a year of service because that was the way to get the best discount.  Everything is in place, setup and working. 

I started this little venture around noon and didn’t get finished until about 4p.  Most of my time was spent with AT&T calling, getting transferred, calling back and calling back and calling back until I eventually was able to wiggle free.  I’ve got 59 days if I change my mind and I can go back if I want to.  After that I would start over as a new customer if I wanted to go back. 

Mint is powered by T-Mobile.  I don’t know that I will ever be with a major carrier again.  If something would happen to Mint my next choice would be Visable which is a company powered by Verizon.  You get unlimited for $40 per month but if you can bring some friends with you it can be as low as $25 per month.  Verizon has the strongest signal in my area.  I wanted to try Visable but tihngs went side ways when I tried to take them for a test drive.  They wanted a credit card number, which they said they didn’t need up front.  I spoke with support which is via chat only and was told that they wouldn’t charge the card but it was needed, which turned me off. 

Gator as you can well imagine wasn’t happy with me because she wasn’t getting any attention. I also think she might not have felt the best but since I am taking today off I think she will be a little happier.  I am sitting on the couch next to her and was feeding her.  This large spider just came crawling up next to me and I smashed it.  Not happy about that.  This is the second time in two weeks I have seen a spider on the couch and I am ready to throw it out. I don’t want Gator to get bitten or even eat one of them.  I think a Spider was the undoing of her mom and I don’t know if she could or would survive a bite.  I also do not want to find out. 

I ran out of time yesterday so I didn’t have a chance to vacuum but I will be doing that today, which won’t exactly please Gator but it will me.  I hate bugs in general they all belong outside and since I am inside I feel they should leave me and everything that is inside alone.  Speaking of bugs no more mice kills.  I found out that they produce a litter of 5 to 11 at a time.  No wonder they multiply so fast.

Well time to publish this and clean up the spider ick and then rest up.  I don’t want to sleep a whole lot today for fear that I won’t sleep tonight.  I really want to get back to normal tomorrow but that all depends upon what my body says.  I guess it’s a good thing that I had no plans to go in this week. 

Here’s hoping that the rest of the week can be more normal for me.  Stay cool and be well.