As the saying goes, “If there’s a will, there’s a way.”\u00c2\u00a0 Last week Brian and I were stressing about cellphone overage charges and how we were going to make it through to the end of our bill cycle without having a $200 phone bill.\u00c2\u00a0 We were conserving our cellphone usage so bad you’d think we were rationing water while travelling through the Sahara.<\/p>\n
It got so bad that we started acting like those people in those silly cellphone commercials. Brian would call me and I’d be like, “Why are you calling me?\u00c2\u00a0 You’re not calling me from your work phone are you?”\u00c2\u00a0 We have free mobile-to-mobile but if he calls me from his work phone or I call his work phone then it counts against us.<\/p>\n
See, I thought those commercials were silly before because we’d never been in any danger of overage charges.\u00c2\u00a0 Now that we have, I completely understand how the people the commercials feel.\u00c2\u00a0 We\u00c2\u00a0literally could not use our phone because every single non-weekend, non-mobile-to-mobile minute was costing us.\u00c2\u00a0 To top it off I had duty at work on Monday.\u00c2\u00a0 I didn’t have any calls, though.\u00c2\u00a0 Thank the Lord!<\/p>\n
Now I understand why some people at work refuse to give their cellphone numbers as contact phone numbers when they are on duty.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s so easy to go over your minutes when you least expect it.\u00c2\u00a0 At least Brian and I are proactive about our phone bills.\u00c2\u00a0 We\u00c2\u00a0don’t check our minutes everyday but we do at least once during the bill cycle just to have a handle on things.\u00c2\u00a0 This way we aren’t surprised by a huge, unexpected cellphone bill.<\/p>\n
Anyway, the good news is when I was home feeding Molly at lunch the other day I found a special offer from T-Mobile in the mail.\u00c2\u00a0 For the same amount that we are paying now, they were going to give us $100 additional minutes per month, plus unlimited nights.\u00c2\u00a0 Nights don’t start until 9 pm but, hey, every little bit helps!<\/p>\n
So I told Brian to call them and sign us up and make sure that it goes in effect this bill cycle so that it covers our overage this month.\u00c2\u00a0 Voila!\u00c2\u00a0 Overage problem solved.\u00c2\u00a0 Of course, we had to sign up for a 12-month contract.\u00c2\u00a0 Brian didn’t like that too much because we’ve never been on a contract before and he likes the freedom of being able to say, “I hate you I’m switching”\u00c2\u00a0whenever he feels like it.\u00c2\u00a0 Now that we’re on a contract, we can’t do that.\u00c2\u00a0 If we do, it will cost a whopping $200 early termination fee per line.\u00c2\u00a0 That means $400!\u00c2\u00a0 Needless to say, we probably won’t be switching or threatening to switch any time soon.<\/p>\n
I wasn’t really too worried about the contract, though.\u00c2\u00a0 We’ve been with T-Mobile since 1999 and we’ve been pretty happy with our service.\u00c2\u00a0 I think they have the best rate plans so I can’t complain.\u00c2\u00a0 Besides, what’s another 12 months?\u00c2\u00a0 It’ll go by as quickly as the blink of an eye.<\/p>\n
Our other good news is that Molly is now eating from the bowl.\u00c2\u00a0 No more syringe-feeding.\u00c2\u00a0 No more spoon-feeding.\u00c2\u00a0 We put food in the bowl, set it on the floor and she eats. Just like a normal, healthy puppy.\u00c2\u00a0 She is still kind of spoiled in that she refuses to eat when you are not present.\u00c2\u00a0 So when I come home and I set her food down and I have to go use the restroom, she will actually stop eating to follow me to the bathroom.\u00c2\u00a0 She won’t start eating again until I walk back to the kitchen and stand next to the food bowl.\u00c2\u00a0 Meaning, I have to eat lunch standing up all the time because I have to be next to the food bowl to make sure that she eats.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
It’s kind of cumbersome, but at least I can actually eat lunch now.\u00c2\u00a0 I wasn’t able to before when I would have to syringe-feed or spoon-feed her because it would always be time to head back to work sometimes before she’s even done her business.\u00c2\u00a0 The potty-training situation is a huge challenge for us right now.\u00c2\u00a0 But I’m sure things will improve soon enough.\u00c2\u00a0 Like I said in the beginning, “If there’s a will, there’s a way!”\u00c2\u00a0 I’m a firm believer of that.\u00c2\u00a0 Except in the case of my CS300 class.\u00c2\u00a0 LOL.<\/p>\n
I don’t want to talk about it.\u00c2\u00a0 I’d much rather talk about Molly.\u00c2\u00a0 Since I’m not attending that class tomorrow, I actually got to leave work around 5 pm today.\u00c2\u00a0 I arrived home to find Molly and Brian playing in the front yard. She was so excited to see me!\u00c2\u00a0 It was very cute.\u00c2\u00a0 Anyway, Brian brought her ball outside and was trying to teach her how to play fetch.\u00c2\u00a0 I thought it was silly because everyone knows that Yorkiepoos\u00c2\u00a0do not play fetch.\u00c2\u00a0 Brian refused to acknowledge the futility of his endeavor, though.<\/p>\n
“Molly isn’t going to play fetch with you.\u00c2\u00a0 She’s a Yorkiepoo.\u00c2\u00a0 She’s going to be a diva,” I tried to explain.\u00c2\u00a0 After the syringe-feeding and only eating if you spoon-feed her, you’d think he’d realize this by now.\u00c2\u00a0 She’s already showing signs of becoming a diva.<\/p>\n
“If she becomes a diva, I’d kick her.\u00c2\u00a0 No dog of mine is going to be a diva,” he says.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, then.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s a good thing she’s MY dog.\u00c2\u00a0 She can be whatever she wants to be.\u00c2\u00a0 She can even be mini-ME!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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