This is a post about frustration

[theatokos]

I was going to spell out the details, but I just don't have the energy for it. Basically, I'm tired of obstacles and buraucracy and working around the systems. I just want the internet set up and a freaking phone. But one piece is needed for the other which is needed for the next, which makes certain details a complicated circle. It's like a closed system and we can't quite seem to break in.

I'm super pleased that I cooked a dinner in my own home last night (sauteed potatos, mushrooms and onions, green salad with vinaigrette, and fried whiting - hee). But this morning, I'm tired of things being difficult, of running into unforeseen obstacles in trying to accomplish basic daily tasks.

Thank goodness we're not in a truly foreign land. I can't imagine how taxing that would be!

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[lopezuna.livejournal.com]

Sounds very frustrating about the internet/ phone. Good luck!

There's a hilarious book (Ciao, America!) where an Italian journalist describes his posting in Washington DC. One of the funniest things about it is when he sets out to get a phone line. He's all ready for a fight with the phone company bureaucracy and he feels quite smug, because he thinks that as an Italian, there's not much he doesn't know about fighting bureaucracy. And then he's so disappointed when it takes about 10 painless minutes...