Unlucky Signal Syndrome

I somehow woke up very early in the morning and messaged my friends. I also had that horrible feeling of gout in my foot again so I asked my sister to buy medicine for me and I bought 4 cartons of skimmed milk to treat it. Some time later, they replied back to me and we got into a conversation. Since we were just chatting, I tried to tether my phone's mobile data connection to my PC so we could have a call. I tried on Linux, but it didn't work, so I moved to Windows which also didn't work. I ran a few commands on Linux to disable the non-working Ethernet connection from the router and enabled my phone's connection and it worked. I was able to have Internet albeit at a very unstable and slow speed. I got into a call and I continued my Family Guy episode in the background. We talked about a few things and we just stayed in the call just talking. Eventually, I felt sleepy so I just decided to sleep and we all disconnected from the call.

By morning, I was a bit excited since our network provider would say that our connection would come back at 8 a.m., but apparently, it had been 8 and there was still no Internet. Since I still had no Internet and I didn't think my mobile data connection would hold up, I just called in for a leave at work. I had my breakfast and, funny enough, my order was incorrect and I was given an incorrect order for free (which was just 1 large chocolate coffee and 2 hash browns), and I still got my order in the end. Since I was so frustrated with my Internet situation, I decided to just buy one of those 5G pocket modem things where you just stick your SIM card in. We had that before and I thought that having one would work. I decided to buy the Samsung SCR01 and the only one available was a used one that had been dropped before, and it was sold for 7,000 Pesos. I fucking hated that I'd be getting a second-hand item for the price of a brand-new one, but whatever. I had no other options.

While preparing to leave, I just sang along to some songs I had downloaded and also watched videos I had saved on my hard drive. I eventually left to meet with the guy and the scuffs looked bad as they were, but they gave me a free case which I had put on. I wasn't able to test the thing because there was apparently a signal jammer and even my phone couldn't get any signal. So I just bought it in good faith that it works and didn't negotiate with the seller. I walked until I got to a mall, and the walk was grueling since my foot was 100% okay and it was hot as hell. I got to the mall and went home, and on the way, I could just feel the sweltering heat and the amount of heat that rose from the asphalt. It was horrible. I got home and I was still disappointed that we still had no Internet connection. I went out again to buy a new SIM card for the pocket modem and activated it.

Despite using a dedicated modem for my Internet connection, it was still so horrible. I never even got an ounce of rest in between all my tasks. I then tried to move around the house, trying to get the best signal while also trying to get it to charge. The whole process just sucked because it would show a 5G signal, then drop to 4G, or that it wouldn't connect to the Internet. I swapped SIM cards, changed locations, and still couldn't get a stable connection.

In my free time in the evening, I bought some stuff that I had in my cart that was for sale. I felt unlucky all day because I wasn't able to buy anything hugely discounted, I had unlucky signal positioning, and I also was unlucky enough to only have the dented-up pocket modem, and a bunch of other things after that. I just used the time to clean my room and organize things a bit to feel better and remind myself that I'm doing all these things for my future self.