HBO love/hate relationship

i hate to admit that i might have a bit of an obsession. i LOVE the series Rome on HBO. the storyline fascinates me and the history of caesar consumes me. jon wanted to play racing all day yesterday with his friend mike, but watching racing would be almost as much fun to me as placing my hand in a vat of boiling water. we moved our cable box up to my bedroom in hopes that i could watch new episodes of this series. my mother-in-law took sophie to the movies for some "private time" and noah was down for a nap, so the opportunity was there. within an hour of plugging the cable box into the wall, the stupid thing wouldn't work. i spent the next 45 minutes on the phone with comcast trying to resolve the issue only to have the box stop working completely. i made jon come back upstairs to reset everything and finally got the box working, but with the same issues i had when i first call the cable company! Geez! I took it as a sign, that yesterday just wasn't my day for a Roman Holiday!