It's funny how life can move along smoothly where the worse thing happening is that you're feeling a little overworked. Then BAM, suddenly life gets complicated. If you're a regular reader of my blog, you already know I've been "bammed" lately.

It all started with just trying to watch a pay-per-view movie on television. Ordered the movie but couldn't get it to start playing. After several attempts and 40 minutes I finally called the support number. However, I wasn't the only one with this problem because it took 20 minutes to get through to a real person. A half hour later, the problem was fixed but I was no longer in the mood for a movie.

I decided to get on my computer and upgrade my blog software. As you've seen, that didn't really go well. As I'm looking at my upgraded site it becomes obvious that my blog posts are missing. I tried to call my web host to send me a backup, thinking the non-upgraded site was better than an empty site. Surprise, my cell phone (my only phone) isn't working. It looks like it's calling but never connects.

An hour later my phone decides to work again so I could call my web host and order the backup. Over the next week it became obvious that it's important to read the fine print. The web host said they would put a folder in my root server (like I knew where that was!) but it was up to me to rebuild the site. The support group for the blog software said it wasn't their problem. Hmm.

Meanwhile, when I mentioned all this to a friend, she merely nodded and said, "Of course, Mercury is in retrograde and that affects technology." Of course.

I didn't have the time to work on rebuilding this blog until this Sunday. Guess what? The backup they sent was created AFTER the disastrous upgrade attempt, so it was still missing my posts. When I called my web host again I was informed that they only keep backups for 3 days so … too bad, too late. What you are looking at is the upgraded site. I've had to spend hours searching Google for any of my posts they had cached and that's how I'm recreating my blog.

Now it's only Tuesday but I discovered that Mercury is still affecting me. I was at a meeting this morning and, afterward, was waiting at a red light  when a car hit mine. A woman caught her heel in the floor mat of her car and used my car as a brake, punching a hole in my rear bumper. Bam.

Then I stopped at the phone store. Did I mention that my cell phone is three years old and apparently doesn't like the technology of the company that recently bought out the original carrier. I've been told I need a new cell phone or I have to keep staring at the never-disappearing voicemail reminder (no, it doesn't go off).

I started using a phone service reseller when I first moved to San Diego but no longer find it advantageous to stay with them so I plan to contract directly with the carrier now. However, I was told that it could take up to 3 days to transfer my service from the reseller to the carrier. When can I be without phone service for 3 days? While it might not actually take that long, they say it could so that's what I need to plan for so I'm not caught unprepared. Bam.

So … how's your month going thus far?