Wednesday Frustrations

Today I finally got the cell phone I ordered last week. I am finally really back on line! Yeaaaa! I never realized how dependent I have become on cell phone technology and text messaging,until I couldn't do it. It was kind of like having a missing appendage. Weird, huh. And the company I finally bought it from was pretty nice-- but I didn't realize until I bought it that if you don't give feedback when you buy something, you get a "0" rating and some sellers won't sell to you. I could have gotten a cheaper phone if I had not had a "0" rating.
The other lesson I learned is that I don't EVER want to bid on the wrong item again. That has been the biggest pain. It appears that if you bid within the last 12 hours, or even close to that mark, then you can't retract your bid, no matter what. Doesn't even matter whether you can't reach the seller. So when I finally reached the seller the next day, after I had won an item I didn't want (a phone usable only for parts-- which was why it was soooo cheap) the seller said I could just pay $5 for his advertising costs and we'd be settled up.
Nooooo, it was not that easy.
I keep getting payment reminders from Ebay, and the seller has even sent me something saying the item was shipped (which it better not be.) The seller acts put out when I question why I keep getting these things. I will never buy from this particular seller/company (cellularliquidation) again, or recommend it very highly either.
On other fronts, my 7-year-old is "sick," which means he has improved each hour of the day that brings him closer to when school is dismissed and his buddies come home to play. It is pretty annoying. I guess I should have made him go to school even though he felt crummy this a.m. Once I gave him Mucinex, he's just fine. And hyper. And he keeps setting booby-traps all around the house, to catch intruders, which of course, we don't have. The dog is freaking out, and the cats have abandoned the house. When is this day over? I suppose it would be cruel to take some cold medicine that makes me sleep, or him, for that matter. Going crazy here...