Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Free Internet
I am sitting at Barnes and Noble right now, trying to take advantage of the free WiFi, because ours at home has been turned off. My IT group could not get my new blackberry connected, and for some reason my US blackberry has decided to stop working (I am guessing this is something my IT group did trying to connect my new one). I am feeling VERY disconnected right now. I am still trying to sign agreements, and communicate with my boss, hence the Barnes and Noble attempt. While I was in my office, I had to try to call our UK cell phone carrier, scratch that, I mean the "mobile" carrier for the UK to see if they could activate what needed to be activated for IT to get it set up. I have to tell you, I couldn't understand what they were saying -partly due to the accent, partly due to the difference in the words they use, partly due to my own ignorance with technology. I just kept saying -enterprise? enterprise? Listen people, I need ENTERPRISE, please take pity on me and understand what I mean. I have a feeling the person on the other end hung up and said to someone else -what a dumb American that girl was. And I didn't get what I needed, it was a very frazzled conversation with three different people and one confused American. Let's hope I don't spend the next two years this confused. On a side note, we are ready to go. The house is ready, the suitcases are ready, the girls are ready, we are ready. Tomorrow is our flight, here we go......let's get this show on the road.