Still no broadband access at home! Stupid laptop broke two weeks ago which means that my only access is via my dad's Mac (like now) which I hate! Can't get my internal dial up modem to work either - no idea what's wrong with it either - tried everything from trouble shooters to formatiing hard drive to reinstalling it - still no joy.

When I ring talktalk tomorrow they should have a go live date for me (cue hysterical laughing) as the "managers" are dealing with it now.

Spending the morning at my parents house waiting for a John Lewis delivery for them - been here since 7.45 after having only gone to bed at 3.15am - soooo tired. I've been even more racked by insomnia since moving than usual - seems like I just can't settle in the new house at all. Charlie and the puppy are at home with Bev - Charlie is predictably still asleep. That child just won't fall asleep until gone 10pm.

Rang the ISP today...

Me: I've been waiting 20 days for my broadband access to go live, could you please tell me how much longer it will be?
Moron employed by ISP: Ermm,,, ahhh.....ermmmm well the marker went on the line today and thats BT's fault cos they wont let us put a marker on straight away so it'll be at least another 14-20 days.
Me: Hmmm, ok but when I called you 2 weeks before I moved to ask how long it would take, you said it would be a week after we moved. Then when I called the day before the move to check progress I was told it would be 10 days.
Moron: ermmmm,,,,ermmm ahhh
Me: Then when I moved I rang again and you said 20 days and thats today! I dont appear to be able to access the net today.
Moron: Ermmmmmmmmm
Me: So if it is going to be another 20 days can you tell me what I need to do to cancel my contract with you for my landline and broadband because I just can't keep waiting. I explained before that I do legal work and our clients don't like waiting for the work to be e-mailed to them.
Moron: Well now the marker is on the line we can't remove it for at least 14 days so you wouldnt be able to get another company to take it over anyway
Me: Arrrgggghhhhhhhh

Utter bastards!

Quick catch up post!

Well we're all moved in to the lovely sparkly house although we still don't have internet access and I have to walk to my parents to use my laptop on their wireless network each day to check e-mails. If plot 7 wasn't in the way I could probably access it from my sitting room!

Our resucue puppy arrived with us yesterday after picking him up from Poole. We drove down to Bournemouth on Friday and mooched around the aquarium which was lovely. I'm convinced there was another HE family in there as the mother had five children with her and at least 2 if not 3 were school age. Made me smile anyway.

After a blustery night we picked Monty up yesterday morning and then spent 1.5 hours in a traffic jam on the A34 - grrrr.

Charlie is absolutely obsessed with Monty and can't do enough for him. I'll post some photos when my internet eventually gets connected!