I feel like I've been raped!

I had a feeling today was gonna be a messed up day. ( I wanted to say something else but I don't wanna start cursing...yet!) I got up around sixish, got the kids ready for school... let me back up.. I got up and checked my email expecting my book cover designer to have something for me but he didn't. So I was already a little edgy. I got the kids ready for school and we watched, the three of us, the clock, so they could leave the house at five after, like they do every God given day, to catch the buss. The bus smashed by at about two minutes after! So now they've missed the bus! Doesn't seem too bad. Listen to this...
To begin with we were cold as hell, the buss would have been an improvement. The gas got turned off yesterday. I was right in the middle of cooking and the flame fizzled and went out. My husband said, "did you pay the bill?" I said no, but I wasn't going to pay it until the 5th because that's the day I always pay it. I've been paying it on the fifth for nine or ten months now. But that didn't matter they were turning me off. So I went into the alley and asked, "are you turning me off?" I went on to explain how I pay the bill every month at the same time but he wasn't hearing it. Mind you it's nearly 4:00pm. Also mind you the bill is only $59.84. So I call the company and told them the same thing. They tell me the bill is late. I tell them, "I know," and go on to tell them how I've paid the bill on the 5th and so-on and so-on. Well, they tell me that I must pay a reconnect fee, a trip fee, an increase deposit fee, a late fee, and next months bill! This brought me to a whopping $274.00. Now if I want them to come out the same day I could tag an extra $47.00 plus a $2.95 processing fee. I was furious! So I had to hustle and get together the $274.00, and they'd just have to turn on the gas tomorrow (today) and I'd put dinner on the Foreman grill. Well the next day (today) comes, the kids miss the buss. I get that taken care of and around 9:30 a friend of ours walk to our house, because his girlfriend passed out at work--- he needed a ride to the hospital. So I called the gas company, because needless to say, they couldn't schedule a time to come out... I'd just have to be here, to tell them that I had to step out for a moment but is there any way they could let me know what time they MIGHT be by. They have no clue, but what I can do is call this handy 1-800 number and keep checking the status of the order. It should say one of three things:
1. The order has been dispatched- they have it but haven't got to it yet
2. They are in route- they're on their way, and I have about 15min to get home.
3. They are on site- at my house.

I said cool. I'll call every 10min until I take him there and come back. So I call about 4 times and every time I called it said they were dispatched. On the fifth call it said they'd connect me to a customer service representative. So she gets on the phone, with an attitude (sister girl), and tells me, basically they could reschedule me for Monday! So I start cursing. Not at her but at the company, you know. Well I make it home, call again, another sister girl. I call again, another sister girl, all with an attitude bigger than mine and they're sitting in a WARM building with this attitude. To cut the story short I ended up paying a same day service fee, after all, for $50.00! So now I'm at a grand total $334.00 for a $59 bill. Now ain't that some shit! Tell me I wasn't raped! As soon as I got off of the phone I called the Salvation Army and put my kids on the Christmas list. Centerpoint Energy, incase anybody wants to know, raped me and tried to steal Christmas.