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Well, it finally happened. Plus baseball.
Oct. 21st, 2022 11:33 amToday, after just 44 minutes on the phone with the customer service person, Sprint/T-Mobile figured out that I had indeed sent them my old phone last month, having spent over 12 hours on the phone and another I-dunno-how-many in online chat, at various intervals from March through August, trying to get the return kit sent to me. I'll spare you the details, but, though it had to come in the form of account credit, now I've effectively not got to pay my phone bill for several months.
I'd bought the phone I have now & taken their deal in November of last year, so it was almost a year before I got the credit. All this time I've been paying more than I should've been, and was going to end up spending almost $1000 on my phone if it didn't get worked out. So huge phew! P H E W.
Still to take care of in the Tedious Department: my new CPAP, my workplace accommodation, evals evals evals, and a pesky return of some cabinet handles that has turned into customer service purgatory.
But today's going to be a bit warmer than it has been (in this glorious Fall we're having), and then both days this weekend will be warm and not raining. I'm totally psyched.
In other news, I've been rooting for the Padres in this year's baseball postseason. And they're still in it, remarkably enough. Right now they're tied one game each with the Phillies in the NLCS. Over in the AL, which is usually my preferred side of things, it's the Yankees (boo) vs. the Guardians nee Indians, and I can't get behind either of those teams.
The Guardians seem to have done the most they could to look begrudging about their change of name. Their font and colors didn't change, and the -dians ending is surely the reason they came up with that insipid team nickname---so it'd be close to Indians, on some level. Plus they still have a beating drum thing on the Jumbotron, like "haha can't make us give up our Native American trope!" It's like instead of taking the opportunity of renewal, they were dragged protesting all the way.
So whether it's the Padres or the Phillies, I'll be rooting NL this year.
Things that've changed since I was last paying attention: no pitch throwing with intentional walks; designated hitters in both leagues; controversial replays shown in the ballpark. Plus, like, a camera inside 3rd base and other such tech novelties.
I'd bought the phone I have now & taken their deal in November of last year, so it was almost a year before I got the credit. All this time I've been paying more than I should've been, and was going to end up spending almost $1000 on my phone if it didn't get worked out. So huge phew! P H E W.
Still to take care of in the Tedious Department: my new CPAP, my workplace accommodation, evals evals evals, and a pesky return of some cabinet handles that has turned into customer service purgatory.
But today's going to be a bit warmer than it has been (in this glorious Fall we're having), and then both days this weekend will be warm and not raining. I'm totally psyched.
In other news, I've been rooting for the Padres in this year's baseball postseason. And they're still in it, remarkably enough. Right now they're tied one game each with the Phillies in the NLCS. Over in the AL, which is usually my preferred side of things, it's the Yankees (boo) vs. the Guardians nee Indians, and I can't get behind either of those teams.
The Guardians seem to have done the most they could to look begrudging about their change of name. Their font and colors didn't change, and the -dians ending is surely the reason they came up with that insipid team nickname---so it'd be close to Indians, on some level. Plus they still have a beating drum thing on the Jumbotron, like "haha can't make us give up our Native American trope!" It's like instead of taking the opportunity of renewal, they were dragged protesting all the way.
So whether it's the Padres or the Phillies, I'll be rooting NL this year.
Things that've changed since I was last paying attention: no pitch throwing with intentional walks; designated hitters in both leagues; controversial replays shown in the ballpark. Plus, like, a camera inside 3rd base and other such tech novelties.
