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Vacation – sort of

[Saturday: 6+ with Boardtown Runners; today: 3.0 planned]

This week I am in Birmingham, AL for a class at the Alabama Broadcasters Association, introductory broadcast engineering.  Things in the class are going well.

But I did have one minor glitch, my cellphone has lost it’s mind.  Since I told the folks at work I would be available by phone, I’m in a bit of a pickle.

I got up early and went over to Walmart and looked through their cheap prepaid phone plans.  I eventually just left.  Too much confusion for me.  I think I understood that a flip-phone could be had for about $10 and then another $20 for a 30-day “plan”.  But some of the packages talked about another startup fee and others didn’t.

I decided to wait until I can connect with the phone guys at work and see what they recommend.  If they would overnight me a new phone then I’d just have one day off the grid.  Or maybe I could walk into the Verizon store and they would get me a new phone there.

Besides the phone stuff, things are doing OK.

I have this basic class this week, then I have an “advanced” class in early March which is 3 days long.  After all of that, I’m hoping I can get a certification as a broadcast engineer.