Tracfone.....

So I got my replacement phone. Activated within five minutes of me doing the transfer. So far it is a much better phone. Hopefully I never go through that again!

I was raised on television....

as far back as I can remember tv has always been a part of my life. Probably the most stabile part of my life. Yes shows come and go, but you understand that. It isn't like they leave you on purpose. If you grew up as a child of television your reality is different then others. Each 30 minute or 60 minute tv show has a beginning, a middle, and indeed and ending. And unless it's to be continued it ends on a happy note. Even when a death is shown on tv it's neat and clean. You cry, then you get over it and get on with your life. Nothing like the mess real life often is. TV is just this neat little package. They want you to feel good when you watch it so you will keep coming back for more.

Most tv shows are as far from reality as you can get. it's just entertainment, not real life.

Now I am what many people call a sensitive person. Sometimes I don't know when my emotions stop and the characters start. For example the Harry Potter series. I cried with each death, like they really were my friends or my family. The ending was done in a way that we were given closure. Good won over evil, there were causualties,  but you can't get through a war like that without some of the good guys dying. It's unrealistic. Just now I read the following:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/alannabennett/17-tumblr-posts-about-harry-potter-that-will-make-you-weep

And weep I did! Jo Rowling is an excellent writer, she made us love her characters, the good and the bad. And to read that and think in terms of how Harry would have continued to struggle, even though Tom Riddle had been defeated. To know he has scares inside just like I do. It proves how real these characters are to the millions of us who love them.

Death happens, no one gets out alive. And tv does make death seem better then it really is. Death is hard and messy and often tragic. You don't go from being one half of something to just going on by yourself as if nothing happened. You don't just wake up the day after the funeral and go on as if you aren't broken into a million pieces.

There are times when being as sensitive as I am sucks. I feel everything, way to much of everything. I also worry about everything. I wish I could let go, but that wouldn't be me. The fact that I am sitting here sobbing over both Harry Potter and my husbands death, makes me who I am. I would rather have to big of a heart then no heart at all!

Tracfone, part two!I

So after being on the phone with them for literally hours yesterday, the conclusion is there is something wrong with the phone. They are shipping me a replacement and I send this one back to them. They have also reactivated my old prom so I have it if I need it in the mean time.

So here is something hilarious from yesterday's call. I finally get through to a human and she asks what the problem is. I explain, phone won't activate and I can't make or receive calls or texts from it. She asks me a few questions, then says. "Are you calling from the phone in question?" I instantly started laughing. I told her how could I, the phone won't let me activate it and because of that like I had already said I can't make or receive calls. I mean seriously, listen to what your customer is saying to you!

And this in return reminded me of when David died. He also had a tracfone. After he died I called them and asked if they could move his minutes to my phone and deactivate his. Now I told the person on the line that he had died, when I asked about transferring the minutes. The person does a couple of things and then asks me why he doesn't want to be with tracfone anymore. I said because he is dead! I was pretty pissed over that one. It's hard enough dealing with closing accounts for your dead spouse, but worse when they don't listen to what you said to begin with!!

And remembering this has once again made me miss him so much more. My migraines have been flaring the last couple of days and crying jags don't help one little bit. I hate being this emotional. I also hate when I over think everything, and I have been doing that a lot today. When one type of emotion is out of control they all seem to follow! ={

So tracfone...

I'm poor, so tracfone is the only cell service I have ever had. It works for me financially speaking. But I hate when something is wrong. When you call in they never seem to know what to do to fix my problem. I bought a new phone last week. Ordered it off of Amazon. It came faster then expected, and was everything I'm currently looking for in a cell phone. I go online to tracfone to transfer my service from the old phone to the new one. I've done this before, no problem. Once the service gets disconnected from old phone new phone is supposed to be active. Within minutes of doing the transfer the old phone deactivated, but here we are over 48 hours later and still no phone service!

Supposedly tomorrow when I call in they will be able to fix it. It shows as active on their end but my minutes didn't transfer. The department that can access my old phones minutes is closed on the weekend.

I don't normally post about consumer products. But tonight I'm just frustrated!