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Belated Blogging
Mar. 24th, 2013 01:18 pmSo Thursday was an adventure.
And it sucked.
Midway through the day on Thursday, my internet died. Weirdly, it said I was connected and that everything was fine, but I couldn’t load anything on my laptop, tablet, nor phone. Texted roomie and she said this had happened before and that she had to be the one to call in because her name is the one on the bill. I headed to campus to continue working – I’d planned on heading in anyway for a panel, so no real problem.
The work I had to do turned out to be a lot more involved than I thought it would be. I basically camped out in the Learning Center until they kicked us all out at 1AM.
Guess what. None of the buses that go near my house are running at 1AM.
Roomie’s asleep, so she doesn’t answer her phone, and everything is friggin’ CLOSED, so there’s no one I can ask about the number for a cab company. Even the hospital is closed, which seems weird, do people not get injured after midnight in Canada?
Anyway, I’m wandering around and there are three men hanging out having some sort of debate in front of the on-campus pub. I try the door, just to see, because I can see someone behind the counter talking to a waitress, but nope, door’s closed. Apparently I looked upset, because the guys asked me what was wrong. At which point, because my body does this every time I get stressed, I burst into tears.
The men were nice though, and talked with me and one of them called a cab for me, and then they walked me the half a block down to the landmark where the cab would meet me. One of them kept asking if I was sure I had the money for it, but I had it covered. Emergency $20 saves the fucking day, yo.
So I got home safe and not eaten by mountain lions or dragged into the woods by cannibal-murderers. But it sucked and I don’t want to do that ever again.
And then the repair guy came by on Saturday before I left to go to campus, even though they first scheduled us for Sunday, and then told us they didn't work weekends. So yay, I have internet at home again!
And it sucked.
Midway through the day on Thursday, my internet died. Weirdly, it said I was connected and that everything was fine, but I couldn’t load anything on my laptop, tablet, nor phone. Texted roomie and she said this had happened before and that she had to be the one to call in because her name is the one on the bill. I headed to campus to continue working – I’d planned on heading in anyway for a panel, so no real problem.
The work I had to do turned out to be a lot more involved than I thought it would be. I basically camped out in the Learning Center until they kicked us all out at 1AM.
Guess what. None of the buses that go near my house are running at 1AM.
Roomie’s asleep, so she doesn’t answer her phone, and everything is friggin’ CLOSED, so there’s no one I can ask about the number for a cab company. Even the hospital is closed, which seems weird, do people not get injured after midnight in Canada?
Anyway, I’m wandering around and there are three men hanging out having some sort of debate in front of the on-campus pub. I try the door, just to see, because I can see someone behind the counter talking to a waitress, but nope, door’s closed. Apparently I looked upset, because the guys asked me what was wrong. At which point, because my body does this every time I get stressed, I burst into tears.
The men were nice though, and talked with me and one of them called a cab for me, and then they walked me the half a block down to the landmark where the cab would meet me. One of them kept asking if I was sure I had the money for it, but I had it covered. Emergency $20 saves the fucking day, yo.
So I got home safe and not eaten by mountain lions or dragged into the woods by cannibal-murderers. But it sucked and I don’t want to do that ever again.
And then the repair guy came by on Saturday before I left to go to campus, even though they first scheduled us for Sunday, and then told us they didn't work weekends. So yay, I have internet at home again!
