new cable modem

I'm having this super-duper-extra-long-weekend since the public holiday that is Hari Raya Puasa yesterday.

The thing is, today started off on the wrong foot somehow. Rach stayed over and we'd intended to get her chauffeured to work by yours truly in the morning, but she woke up with a cold.

Then the cable modem refused to cooperate. After some coming and going with the tech support on the phone, I got us an appointment tomorrow morning with a field technician to come take a look. Then clever Rach called them up again and probed to get them to come down by today. So we were about to head out to send her to a nearby clinic. Fortunately, moments just before we stepped out, the cable company called my dad, and I took over. They said they were able to squeeze in for the guy to come within the next 2 hours. It was 11am by then.

Sending Rach to the clinic and returning home soon after, the guy showed up at the door with a new cable modem. Fair enough, I accepted the deal and "purchased" the replacement. The payment can be done via our monthly bill of course.

And my morning was thus over and done with. Fetching Rach home from the clinic with our lunch, she got sedated shortly after taking her medicine. So my afternoon was spent gaming. I'd call it "grinding" because the process was kinda painful (metaphorically) and slow.

And hey, all that, and I managed to squeeze in an hour or so of work at home too!