Grandma's Journal 9/22/08

Monday 9/22/08
Mike dropped me off at the house in Chingola in the a.m. and Cindy met me there. She brought me stuff from her house since she is moving. She is just the nicest person, so giving, although I would not want to be on the wrong side of Cindy. She can really tell you what is and what isn’t! I guess yesterday Bob and Dennis both blew up at the people in charge of getting our house ready, and getting Mike a cell, and getting us the $2000 we were promised to buy “linens” and several other reasons. However, today nothing was done again! The place is so dirty and so I finally broke down and bought all the cleaning stuff, broom, mop, soap, scrubbing stiff, bleach, gloves, etc. Cindy has a lady lined up to come and help me tomorrow. Then we tried again to get the internet. They told us to go to Microlite. They were not in, so we called. By the time we got back from Chingola this afternoon at 4, they called back and told us the prices. Expensive, but it is a must, then they said that you have to sign a year contract even on the month to month plan. That won’t work for us, so we went all day thinking that we had the internet problem solved, and once again, it won’t work. Mike and I had a long talk and decided it is just too hard. We have tried to be patient and gone in about a million directions trying to do everything that is necessary and that KCM asked us to do, but we get nowhere and are exhausted. Mike is also sick now with a head cold…probably from all the stress. He is going to tell them tomorrow that he will give 30 days notice. It’s just too hard. We have a good life at home without all this stress. Why go through this. Most of the things we have been running around doing for the last week could have been done before we even got here. Just tired of fighting so hard and not getting anywhere. We’ll see what they say tomorrow. Sad to leave Bob in a lurch and sad to leave our friends here, but Cindy is leaving this Saturday and Bob on Nov 1. Now I find out that Dennis and Suzanne will also be leaving Nov 1, so who will be here anymore? It’s going to be lonely. Oh well, we’ll see.