This past weekend my wonderful cat, Elvis, decided to chew through my phone cord. When I realized it, I called the jail immediately and told them. I hooked my phone right up to the wall and got many calls that day. Believe it or not, he did the same thing to another cord the following night. When I called the jail, the officer actually said "what, did your cat chew through the cord again?" Once again, I hooked it up to the wall and got more calls then the day before.
That day, my friend went out and got me more phone cords. One so I could go outside and one for the bedroom. We set that one up high on the wall so Elvis couldn't get to it. Problem solved! I even saved the cord to show to my PO so he knew I wasn't lying about it.
I am not working on Wednesdays and had all these things I wanted to accomplish around the house today. Lay out in the sun while doing my laundry, some cleaning around the house and changing the sheets on my bed. Not a lot but stuff to keep me busy.
My typical morning routine when not working (wow I haven't been able to say that in a long time) is get my coffee, go outside with my 100' phone cord, have a smoke and maybe talk on the phone a bit. This morning as I was pulling my phone outside, my apartment manager told me that I can't keep doing that and he doesn't want to see the cord anymore. I can understand it, it does look a little white trashy, especially when they are showing the apartment right below me.
So, I did my morning routine, brought the phone upstairs and was stuck inside all day. Totally sucks! Deflated my day, no sunning, no laundry, no outside, no nothing, UGH!
When I told my same friend about this, he said he might still have a corded/cordless phone system. He just moved and wasn't sure. He left work and went home to see if he could find it but couldn't. He then called me from Radio Shack to let me know what they had. That was a nice surprise, he is really concerned and knows how I can't stay couped up inside all day.
Okay, I admit it, I'm anal and like to investigate what I'm buying. I couldn't find any of the phone systems on the Radio Shacks website so I told him not to buy anything until I could do some research. I finally found what I needed and was happy with the reviews from other websites. He left work a little early to stop at a different store and get it for me. Then he dropped off the phone before going home. He is a great guy and an amazing friend! I don't know what I would do without him.
I now have a corded/cordless phone system so I can go outside. I was told no cordless phones allowed during house arrest so I gotta get permission if I can use the cordless part of it for more a pager. I installed it as soon as he gave it to me. Now I'm waiting for the cordless one to charge.
I started packing up all the old phone stuff I bought for house arrest and realized that I have now gone through two cheap phones, two 100' phone cords (that the cat destroyed), two 50' phones cords (to replace the ones he destroyed) and one 25' phone cord (for the bedroom). All because my apartment manager wont let me take a corded phone outside and I love my cat, Elvis, way to much to restrict him to one room.
I'm not even gonna figure out how much this phone ordeal has cost me. I am more concerned about going outside because I know staying inside all day is not good for my mental well being. Today is day 29 of 90 and I really hope that this is the end of my phone issues.
No comments:
Post a Comment