A guy came yesterday to collect information for what I hope is the last estimate for furnace/air.
Last Friday we had a department meeting where we were told that major changes are coming next spring, none of which I can get into. The bottom line is that a number of people will lose their jobs. Based on the description given, I'd say I have a 40 percent chance of staying.
I decided to go ahead and enroll in the associates degree program. I do believe it will help me in the long run, and although this isn't the time when I want to spend a lot of extra money, I have to get going if I'm to get any benefit from it when I need it most. And yet no matter how beneficial I believe it will be, I can't help but feeling I'm going backwards.
I'm looking for ways to trim expenses to help offset the expense. I started with DSL because I'm paying a lot, in fact according to Windstream's website I'm paying for 12 mbps. I knew that wasn't the plan I signed up for so I called to find out just what I'm getting. 1.5 mpbs. For the price of 12.
Sweet.
Apparently they decrease the price of the plans sometimes but unless you figure it out for yourself, they'll continue to charge you at the rate you began at for as long as they can. This is only one of the reasons I love Windstream and enjoy being their customer. The other reason was that time it took me three months to get my account straightened out after they overcharged me by several hundred dollars.
So I upgraded from 1.5 to 3 and saved $10/month. Ridiculous. And then the woman told me she could bundle that with local and long distance, which will drop my overall bill by $31.
Less money is all well and good, but I've just spent an hour trying to update my modem through their website and it isn't working. This is very nearly the final (stress) straw. I very much need something to go right.
It's best that I don't call about it tonight. I want to watch that NYC prep school show anyway.
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