First Choice Power....at their BEST again!

So yesterday I blogged that First Choice helped me figure out my pay history and I pointed out to them that there was a glitch in the system.

Well, today after lunch I check my emails and find an email from FCP that they have credited my account $50 for my trouble from yesterday.

FIRST CHOICE POWER ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!

First Choice Power - My Prepaid Acct

Back in Sept of 2010 I blogged about my new electric service with First Choice Power. A pay as you go service. Well after almost one year of service I couldn't be happier!

This week I requested a pay history for the month of June. After reviewing that summary I found a few discrepancies so I emailed my contact person and she had someone call me to help me figure this out.

Well, after much discussion, we found that there was a glitch that caused my payments on some occassions to double (catching this helps them correct a problem that could have otherwise gone unnoticed).

For the month of June 2011, a month that my AC never turned off during the day, never cooled my house below 80, I paid a whopping $270! BUT I never saw it because I made a total of 7 installments throughout the month of June.

I love this prepaid thing!

2011...Alone......Again

Well, I began this year single again. I'm getting through slowly but surely. At 8:32a.m. rec'd a text message "como has estado?".....ignored it. At 8:42a.m. rec'd a 2nd one "no te puedo preguntar como te va?".....answered this one with the following: No porque asi empieza y luego me quebras mi corazon, es mejor que lo dejamos asi.

His response: "disculpa si te moleste adios"

Well, I tried to ignore it all completely but couldn't so I wrote him the following and finally released everything I've been holding inside since we 'BROKE IT OFF' last October.

no es q me molestas si no q tu sabes q tu y yo no puedemos ser ni amigos xq
a ti no te parece mis amistades ni parte de mi familia. quisiera mas que
nada poder saludarte cuando te veo pero no es posible contigo. yo soy una
persona que me tenta el corazon por otras personas y tengo mis razones xq.
tu no tienes idea todo lo q yo ha sufrido con mis hijos y toda la gente q si
me ayudo en eso años q no tenia carro. hasta un vecino me prestaba su
carro de vez en cuando. no sabes toda mi historia. yo agradezco de muy
adentro y prometi q si yo un dia le pudiera ayudar a alguien lo iba hacer
sin pensarlo pero tu me quitas mucho de eso y tambien por un hombre que no
valio nada quieres q deje de hablar con familia de mis hijos ellos no tiene
la culpa. no es que me interesa esa familia si no que los quiero xq son
familia. familia y amistades son mi vida y algun dia un hombre sera parte
de esa vida tambien. uno que sepa ser agradesido por la vida que tiene y
poder compartirla con familia, amistades, y estranjeros igual. tu ponte en
lugar de uno que es el unico hijo nacido sin hermanas, sin hermanos, sin
papa, sin madre y mas que nada sin amistades y ponte a pensar como te fueras
a sentir.

His Response: En mi vida no te buelvo a molestar ?disculpa ? Ahora si adios fui mui feliz con tigo ok honey adios adios adios

My final:
ni tan feliz xq no me aceptas asi como soy......como quien dice....tu quieres que sea nada mas para ti y yo no le puedo dar la espalda a nadien mucho menos familia. espero que un dia tu mismo te puedes querer lo suficiente para poder dejar tu corazon querer a alguien como se lo merecen...SIN CONDICIONES XQ EL AMOR NO TIENE CONDICIONES. yo te amo sin verguenza como debe de ser y aunque nunca dejastes de tomar sigui de tu lado y tambien todo le que me dijistes en frente tu familia sigui a tu lado.........eso es querer tu te quierias casar fijate que un matrimonio dice amar por lo bien y lo malo, en pobre y ricos......yo lo hice sin casarme contigo te ame en lo bien y lo malo.....pero al fin perdi y acepto por vencida. yo tengo todo lo mejor en mi vida...familia, amistades y mas que nada mi salud. gracias por desearme lo mejor pero lo tengo cumplido ya y la verdad no necesito un hombre para tener lo mejor, necesito un hombre solamente que me acompañia en ese camino tan bonito que Dios me ha puesto en frente de mi. pero a ti si te deseo lo mejor xq tienes tanto rencor por otros que yo la lleve y paque muy caro.

So 2011 here I come.........Single :)

40

This year was my 40th birthday. I celebrated by going to school. I have accomplished many things in my first 40 years and blessed along the way. Along the way I have met hundreds of people who have stayed by my side since meeting them, who have come and gone and leaving a mark on my life and those who have truly inspired me. I have endured hardships as well as blessings from above.

I have watched my three children grow from babies, to toddlers, to young children, to teenagers into young men and a young lady. I lost someone who meant the world to me and gave me life and thinking nothing but positive going forward always, making sure we kept our heads up....my friend, my mother, Lupe Rios.

I have had a career for the past 17 years that happen to fall into my lap. I never thought for once that I would be able to say I have a career but anything is possible. I have strived to always make myself better with each passing year. I reflect back and think..what can I do different?

This year I decided to try again to go back to school for one of my most desired studies.......LAW. I made it! I got in to become a Paralegal with funding and loans and have been studying since June. I plan on graduating in October 2012, a few months before my youngest graduates from high school. So in five years from now I see myself in a law firm.

I see myself traveling to see my grandson in Georgia more often. I see myself living out in the country where I have dreamed of living since I can remember.

Yep my first 40 have been quite a ride and I only hope I live long enough to see my next 40 and say I have no regrets.

Happy 40th to me :)

Prepaid Electricity?

First Choice Power – Prepaid

Finally, something that works in my favor! Being a single parent it’s hard to budget from one check to the next, especially when you have teenagers in school doing the extra curricular stuff such as band.

One day I had received my electric bill in the mail and it was $265 and it was due in a matter of days to avoid a disconnection, again. So I called up the company and asked for an extension to my next pay date and it was declined because they simply don’t do that.  The Rep that I was talking to then told me to try a prepaid service. So I looked up prepaid and found First Choice Power Prepaid (pay as you go).

The service rep @ First Choice Power explained the program to me and it sounded like something that I could handle. So I made my first “installment” and the best part is no credit check and NO DEPOSIT. That just made my day.

So I began this so call “pay as you go prepaid service”. The initial amount I paid was $50 to get started. According the cost per kwh at .129 I would have an estimated 5 days worth of electricity.

ALERT! ALERT! My cell phone rec’d a text message about 3 days after I started the new account and lo and behold it’s from First Choice Power telling me that I had a low balance remaining and what my estimated number of days were left on the account. It told me how much I had used on a given day as far as funds and kWh.

I loved it! So I called up with my debit card and made a payment. No sooner I had hung up the phone that I get another text telling me my payment had been rec’d. Any faster would have burned my phone – LOL.

Since signing up with First Choice Power Prepaid, I have a better control over my electricity usage and can avoid any interruptions in service. I also am more aware of leaving my lights on so now when I walk out of a room I automatically reach for the switch. Switching to First Choice Power Prepaid has made me switch my habits from money consuming to money saving and energy saving.

Make the switch!