This week sucks.

[feuervogel]

My phone started being wonky, so I had to spend 2 hours on tech support yesterday dealing with people who didn't know what to do to fix it. First Samsung told me it was AT&T's problem, then I called AT&T, and they were like, "No, that's their problem," and I was like "FUCK YOU ALL DIAF." Eventually they had me hard reset my phone, so then I had to spend a couple hours redoing all my settings and customizations.

Today I cleaned the cats' water fountain. To do this, you have to unplug it from the wall. When I plugged it back in, the pump didn't start! So I waited a little, dried my hands better, made sure the plug was good and dry, made sure the connector was fully plugged in, and tried again. Nada. The cats are confused as to why their bowl isn't moving, and I hope it doesn't start to stagnate, because that's just gross.

Another fun part of yesterday: the credit card bill came. Between our pre-payment for a room at D*C next year (through a Priceline-like company), vet expenses, Isis' insulin, and paying for Ben's fillings, it's more than Ben's entire paycheck.

And my agency gal said she hasn't gotten a single shift in North Carolina since August.

The pump still doesn't work.

Comments

[miome]

That sounds fishy to me. My SIL is a pharmacist who lives just over the border in SC, and she was pulled in to do some shifts in Charlotte. I think that was in September. Is your agency maybe concentrating on another state?

[feuervogel]

They're based out of Atlanta, but they had a lot of shifts for me before, though it varied with how crappy the economy was. Every agency has different clients, though.

[ladyegreen.livejournal.com]

What make is it? Most pumps seize up if there is no water in them, if it's that sort of pump you can scoop water over it to get it going. (Which is why I ask, because rarely it'll be a dry pump and that would be very bad to pour water over.)

You should be able to find out online? Or let me know what kind it is and I'll try to help?

(Unless it's sorted itself out, which happens too.)

[feuervogel]

No, it didn't run dry or anything. Ben came home and fiddled with it. He took the rotor out, and there was a bunch of gunk on the magnet thingy. Cleaned it up, and it works fine.

Of course, this was too late for me to cancel the order I placed. We'll have one on hand for when it really quits, I guess.

[ladyegreen.livejournal.com]

Ahhhhhhhhhh, and gunk, the other thing to stop a pump, didn't think of that one.

That's a good way to look at it, having a spare on hand.

Better question, is the water bowl worth it because I've been thinking of getting one as soon as finances allow.

[feuervogel]

We have 5 cats, so a 3-liter reservoir is definitely worth it. Before we got one of these, we had one of these. I like the Catit better. The water intake gets gunked up less, and the reservoir is bigger.

But not all cats like them, so it's hard to say. Mine love it.