Still Plugging Along

I REALLY appreciate my dear virtual family's help . Thank you so very much. I was so "Bummed" out yesterday  after my counseling that I just came home and flopped down -trying to regroup. I did spend a good hour researching the group that Cathy sent in and I found lots of links , but nothing to help older people with a bill conflict? That is probably my fault that I just could not find it. I did find help with immigrants and college kids with their loans, ect.  I was so distressed with this phone bill that I probably could not see it , if it was right in front of my face.

My poor counselor let me spend an hour just crying and venting.

But this morning I got up and started on it bright and early . I actually made some progress because the second lady made good sense. (Funny because my counselor had recommended for me to be Sure to take down names and be prepared )  Then this lady checks my account and I take her all the way back to Jan. to where I made the payment and she said they noted that the payment had been returned-to which I told her that it did not show in any of my last 3 band statements where it had been returned?????

So, she told me to send her a copy of my bank statement and she would turn it over to ????? (I forgot the name of the department) and they would research it. She also took off the part of the bill that is being investigated until the investigation is completed. I liked the sound of that.

THEN I brought my statements to the scanner and tried to print them out - ONLY TO Discover that for some reason my drivers to my scanner were GONE! To which I spent another hour trying to replace them - only to discover that the software and drivers were no long available???????

SO next I went and drug to the house a old scanner that my sister -in-law had given me several years ago and I had kept it wrapped up in storage. SOOOO- I was successful getting it installed and when I went to print it - ????? Now the information on the printer was now GONE!!!!!!!!!!!

Did you know that these modern TOOLS are like a bad kid running away from home. One minute they are there and the next minute they are gone! SO, it took me another hour to finally find what I needed online and get the printer back up and running. ?????

So, now it is getting dark and I need to go do the last of the chores and I need to push this magic button???? and - NOW IT will not work?????

Can you see me shaking my head - Just a few minutes ago the scanner worked like a pro and I had to re-install the printer and now ?????

I did go out and do the chores and came back in to glare at these machines! But I went ahead and scanned it again and then hit print ! The machine was as mad at me , as I was at it! It started spitting all the papers OUT at me. Then it grabbed them all in one bundle and we had a paper jam! GRRRR! I got that unstopped and refilled it and it spit all  of them out at me again????? I turned it on and off and on again and then refilled the paper and begged it to PLEASE work right and would you believe it took off printing like it was suppose to do the entire time.

My heart is dieing to go to the sewing room as a reward, But- I now have to tackle Bills as that is to be tackled tomorrow??

Soooo - you guys go ahead and create beautiful things and I will catch up with you as soon as I can.
love to all!