oh how do we communicate?? internet in this country is driving me nuts!

We are a little bit frustrated this morning. We got a call early that someone was coming from Sky Service to deliver our cable box. This was good news, because this means that we can finally get internet, right? Wrong. We also received a letter this morning from the same company giving us our account number, and when we originally signed up, they said that we could call them and give them the account number, and everything would be good for broadband. Well, when the guy came today to install the cable we asked him what he knew about broadband because we hadn't yet (after a few hours) been able to get through to ANYONE at Sky. He said that as far as he knew, broadband wasn't even available yet. As in, the service hasn't started, they are just having people sign up. He said it could take up to six months before we see anything happen. So, Ryan is going to have a nice little chat with the guy who got us to sign up, and we are sending it all back and signing up with someone else. The company we are going with now is more expensive, but it has no download limit, and we can get it set up in about two weeks. And I have to keep in perspective that I have lived without it for two weeks already, and these two weeks will fly by with work starting and everything.

We also went around today and looked at getting a different phone plan. When we got here TimePlan provided us with pay-as-you-go phones (aka crap) that are expensive to use, and aren't what we want. So we shopped around a bit and I think we are going to go with Virgin Mobile. They have the best rate for international calls, and we get a free phone when we sign up with the plan. Ryan didn't want to make you jealous Steph, but guess what phone I am getting for free?? ;) Don't worry, they don't have the 800 here yet either. We are paying a bit more a month up front, but the way we were flying through our pay-as-you-go, it seems like a better deal (and with a better phone!!)

And that is all we have done all day. It's already 3:30, and I feel like the day has been a bit of a waste!! Not that we have much to keep ourselves busy...

I washed the walls in the kitchen this morning, and vacuumed the stairs (with a vacuum cleaner that doesn't really work), and got frustrated with how dirty everything was so I stopped. We still have complaints in to TimePlan, but I really don't think that anything is going to happen. I am thinking that we are going to have to deal with everything and just let it go. Ryan actually talked to the landlady yesterday and she said that she wasn't going to fix anything. I think I might have said that already...

I wanted to thank everyone for their comments. It makes me feel better to know that people actually do read this thing!! Sometimes I wonder if I am just talking...but just as a side note, if you leave a comment, could you also leave your name?? Sometimes I know who they are from, but more often than not I don't. Julie, I love what you write! It makes my day. And I don't think the problem of accepting God's gifts is much of a question at all. If He wants to give you something better, there will be a reason for you to take it. I think we should accept all of God's gifts and let Him shower us with blessings. Makes sense to me!!