I had taken the day off to get ready to go up to Memphis for this wedding, and I had to go into town anyway, so I finally dragged that heavy entertainment center out away from the wall and unhooked my internet modem.
I'm sure I'm going to be paying for that tomorrow. I mean, moving that heavy entertainment center, not unhooking the modem.
Then I headed into town to get my business tended to. First stop, the Sparklight office. I handed over the modem and my most recent bill, telling the lady behind the counter that I needed to cancel my service. When she asked the reason for cancellation, I shrugged and said, "I'm having to cut corners."
"That's understandable," she replied, then proceeded to turn off my internet. She said I'd get one more bill and I confirmed that it would still be autodrafted from my account. She said, "I can do that if you'd like", and I replied that yes, I would. So, that's all set up, and once that last payment is made, I'm done with Sparklight -- at least for now.
I'm hoping, maybe in vain, that things will get better and I can get internet once again. But for now, it's must my phone and its hotspot. So far, we're doing OK, though I seem to be going through a bit of withdrawal, which I'm sure is all in my mind. I mean, I've got my computer and tablet connected to the hotspot, and I've got my little adapter thing I bought a few weeks ago connected to my TV. I know how to hook my ROKU up to the hotspot as well, but as long as I'm not needing to use my phone, I can stream whatever I'm watching over my data and save the hotspot bandwidth, at least until I can see how much of it I'm going to need to use in a month.
As I've said before, I'm sure it'll be OK, because my hotspot is what my internet used to be when I first moved into this house.
In a bit of a serendipitous moment, when I started my car this morning, the little oil change light came on in my car. Good thing I was going to Walmart anyway, so I zipped on into the automotive center and got that taken care of while I was doing my shopping. I had to pick up some new hose and a slip to wear under my dress. I know hose isn't a thing any more, but it's an outdoor wedding. I don't want to blind anyone with the glare of the sun shining off my Irish DNA. I was looking for a new bra, too, but didn't find one I liked that came in my size. I'll just have to wear the old one, then maybe I'll order a new one online -- just to have a dressier bra. Normally, I wear sports bras to work...not that you need to know that, but there it is.
Naturally, since I was at Walmart, I had to go into the garden center to see what else they had. I still haven't found any lemon verbena, so I picked up some lemon balm instead.
I also picked up some sweet mint. I'd seen it last week and almost bought it then, but I didn't. After spending the last several days wishing I had, today I made that wish come true.
I'm going to grow this one in a container, as mint tends to be quite prolific. I've also moved my peppermint plant into a container,
because it already was beginning to take over the raised bed -- the same way the spearmint is taking over my yard. But it does smell good when I mow it down.
I guess I'd better get off of here and start packing for my trip this weekend -- starting with finding something to pack my stuff in, since I forgot I'd thrown out the old gym bag I've used for the last 20 years.
Laters.
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