Weather Nerves and Other Moving Stuff

It seems that most of our moving will take place next weekend, the 17th and 18th.  The weather has been mostly fantastic for a while, even running at nice temperatures along with the dry and sunny.  I’d been thinking it’d suck if it rained when we wanted to move, even though we could go during the week and/or the following weekend if needed.  Our truck is open to the weather, and the 18’ truck with a lift my brother can borrow from work is too.

Then, as it gets closer, I see this:

Doh!  Ophelia remnants… rain!  And being what it is, could it really last but a day or two?

I just made myself feel better by looking at the 10 day from weather.com and seeing this:

Yay for mostly sunny!

The other annoying thing is the temperatures for Monday and Tuesday keep going up, and it’s a lousy time for us all to need to hang out at the office to stay cool.  Indeed.  On Monday I have to go to Middleboro, not pass Go, not do anything else first, and order gas and electric service.  It can’t be done over the phone and I haven’t made it down there yet.  Makes me almost miss the big utilities, but the municipal utilities are cheaper.  It needs to change over on (or before) the 15th.

I already ordered the phone service and DSL.  Phone turns on the 19th, and off here the same time.  DSL could turn on as late as the 29th, which could suck.  However, in my experience they set expectations way out there and then it usually happens much faster.  Meanwhile, it’ll be dialup and/or the internet at the office.  Verizon made me an “Encore” customer, which I hadn’t paid much attention to until I called and got red carpet service.  Even better than normal for Verizon, a company with which I have traditionally been quite pleased.  There is a call center dedicated to Encore customers, and the service rep doesn’t just put in the order, but follows it and makes sure it happens successfully.

While I was on the phone with her, I got info on their satellite dish bundle.  We can have a dish at the new place if we want.  Basic service, 140 channels, is $35.99 a month.  Scads more stuff is $39.99, with the first few months on sale at $33.99 if ordered by November 5th.  We’re waiting to decide, but Deb looked up the basic service online and it was impressive.  Tons of stuff for the kidlet, which is the main reason we’re even considering it.

Anyway, enough rambling.  I have to go drive all over creation and go do some work waiting at the office too.  Maybe later or tomorrow you’ll get a packing-inspired post about 8-track tapes…

1. We loaded the kids truck here when it was 108.
   It was load a piece of furniture, drink a Powerade.
   We unloaded the next day in 75 degree Santa Clara up 2 flights of stairs it was so much
   better than 108.
   Anyway when you get cable you can have 24 hour
   fanatsy island called cable news. No story is too small to bore you to death forever.  (did
   you know there was hurricane in New Orleans and Bush and Halliburton caused it?)
   On the other hand because of cable I got to see Jim Cramer talk about all the good investments there are because of the hurricane.
   And don’t forget sponge bob.  (of course you’re getting that for Sadie)

   Posted by  on  09/10  at  07:36 PM

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