Lately — like for the last several years — I’ve looked forward to Sundays because that’s ZoomDay with Marta and Charlie. When the internet is behaving itself (which is not often) we visit and catch up with ourselves and with Charlie’s kitties, Lupe and Rosencrantz.
Usually, of course, my internet is being wonky and everything freezes up at this end and I get a message that says, “Your Internet Connection is Unstable.” Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I know that. Welcome to Rural America. If it gets too bad, we hang up and do a conference call instead. Lately, though, the telephone hasn’t been all that reliable either. I’m not sure if it’s a Verizon cell tower problem or what.
I was told by Spectrum a few weeks back that their marketing campaign in this area would begin in February and that we would be able to sign up for their Cable service on February 28th. I took that as a good sign since it’s my birthday. However…I haven’t seen any marketing campaign yet.
Still, hope springs eternal and I have my pen poised for that sign-up opportunity on Tuesday. I’m really not optimistic by nature, so I guess I’m just plain tired of always being on the shitty end of the stick. How many months ago was it, anyway, that the crews were laying the cables along the right-of-way along Territory Road?
Most curious of all is why the County Public Works Department didn’t seem to know anything about it when I called them. “Isn’t your Department in charge of the County Right-of-Ways?” I asked. “Well, yes, but…” I don’t remember why there were no answers to my questions. Maybe I’ll try again tomorrow…