My FIRST Ten on Tuesday

1) Why can't my husband hear the alarm? Every morning of my vacation I have spent no less than 30 minutes waking him up for work when I should be sleeping in.
2)I am so glad my new cell phone is working but sad that I can't text Katie. (Katie, go to Sprint!)
3)I wish that just for one day I wouldn't have to worry about money. Every time I think we have a little extra, I realize I forgot to pay something.
4)I would totally love to go on one of those shows like, "What Not to Wear". Not because I think I dress bad but I would really like a makeover and $5000.00 to go shopping with in New York!
5)My big project today is to install handrails on my 2 sets of stairs. Why is my husband not doing this? Why did I wait 4 years to do this?
6)Excited that my Grandma will be here in 1 week. Oh yeah, that's why I am installing handrails.
7)Even more excited that my brother is coming from Australia next month for my graduation!
8)Looking forward to Saturday and getting the pool fixed. Hopefully for the last time. My kids are driving me crazy!
9)Wishing I had the money and the energy to landscape front and back yard. I really miss getting out and digging in the dirt. Maybe once I graduate!
10)Realizing my life is so boring that I really don't have 10 interesting things to blog about :o(

Here's hoping this will all be over soon! Oh yeah! It seems my day is only getting better. University of Phoenix never received the Content Test Scores for the test I took in Sept. They have a paper that says I passed but they need the "Official" test score sheet. Apparently I should have uploaded it when I got it. Unfortunately, I never got it despite it being mailed to me on Jan. 26. So besides sitting on hold with Alltel most of the day I also spent a good 45 minutes with the AEPA score reporting people. And I still have to take a different AEPA test tomorrow- this one is for Professional Knowledge. Wish me Luck!

The nightmare only gets worse...

After not being able to text all day and sometimes not even make phone calls, I decide to call Alltel to ask what to do with not 1 but 2 crappy phones! They will gladly exchange again but want to charge me a $35 fee if I decide I want a different model. OF COURSE I WANT A DIFFERENT MODEL! Are you listening? This phone doesn't work! The battery cover doesn't fit, it won't text and dials only sometimes. After 3 hours of phone calls - I found out it also drops calls, I am told to take all phones into Alltel store where they will cancel my contract, take back defective phones. Once I have done this, I can call Alltel back and place a new order for the different model. I am settling on the LG Banter -it's the newest version of the Scoop since I don't want to pay an additional $69 a month in data charges. Here's the new phone that should be coming once I get all my other phones returned.

The nightmare that is Motorola Hint

When my Scoop's screen went wacko I decided to get this new phone - it was super cute, had a Qwerty keyboard and the price was right (FREE after rebate)

Day One: Can't get battery cover on, 17 other people can't get battery cover on. Visit Alltel store, where I am told I broke said battery cover and will have to go through phone customer service and get a new phone. I have them call from store for me and guess what!? Apparently I don't have this phone. After 1.5 hours on phone in store and numerous supervisors, they tell me they have no record of me buying this phone from them and perhaps I got it from a third party retailer like Walmart, so they can't help me. WTF? Salesman in store uploads my info from Scoop to defective battery cover phone and manages to get battery cover wedged on. (maybe the tears helped) I go home and call Alltel Customer Service and guess what I have this phone! They overnight a new one to me and I take it to store to get activated. Works for 3 whole days.

Day 5: TEXTING does not work.It's bad enough the tops of the keys are diamond shaped so they hurt your fingers when you text, now it won't even send texts. Is this a temporary problem or did I pick the world's lousiest phone? The only other phone I like is a Smart Phone (an extra $30 a month on top of my $134 a month bill (we have a total of 4 lines) Do I bite the bullet and pay the extra bill or do I stay with a phone that just bites? ARGH!

LOVE To SHOP (when it's free)

I just spent 2 hours in the Teacher Supply Store. I had a Purchase Order for $131.60 from the Alhambra School District (not sure why but I'm not complaining). So much fun! I went in with a pretty detailed list from their catalog but of course that didn't have any of it, so I picked out all new stuff-added it up, put some back, got some more. Best part was I had no one with me to rush me or complain! FUN! FUN! FUN!