The year of 2014 is half over. I expect a year ago, I never could have imagined being where I am now. But, I expect I can say that every year.
Life in the fast lane, 5 a.m. at McDonalds. Coffee and one of their wonderful $1.00 Breakfast Parfaits. I think I have a new vice. There appears to be a small group of people who hang out at McDonalds early in the morning, several retirees, a UPS employee, several what appear to be students and one what appears to be a homeless person. Interesting group.
Life continues without furniture, internet (most difficult), television, or a home phone. Just like “Hurricane Elvis” when we didn’t halve electricity for 7 days, somehow you just learn to live with it and it becomes it’s own routine. In my case, I spend a lot more time at McDonalds and Starbucks (and First Watch) than I may otherwise. We also are spending more time just sitting around reading and it gives us time to plan our furniture placement.
By the way, while we don’t have it connected yet, we do have a home phone number. It should be connected Thursday, but then originally it was supposed to be connected Monday.
We have planned how the furniture will be placed, although all plans tend to change.
Actually, we have found a McDonalds (the one I am in now) we really like. It has some really nice background music, is relatively quiet and actually isn’t that busy. They are very nice there and I don’t overdo sitting around sipping coffee or tea and eating ice cream while I take care of my internet business. I am surprised to find how much time I spend on the internet, but of course, I have a lot of addressees to change etc.
Wasted a lot of time yesterday due to sheer incompetence of ATT. The day we moved, I woke up to find no phone service. Somehow ATT had disconnected my phone service with no notice or warning to me, when the new homeowner called to establish service. I have spent literally hours “on hold” such then with rude, incompetent ATT personnel who are so uncaring and unknowledgable, they almost have to train them to be that way. I decided never again will I ever use ATT.
I had planed to get “Uverse’ , but cancelled those plans and for the first time in my life will not have an ATT phone line. Their incompetence was amazing, surpassed only by their uncaring and rudeness.
I never did get my Lakeland number forwarded to my new phone and never got a response from ATT as to why I was disconnected without my knowledge and why the phone couldn’t be forwarded. I was lied to and advised it was “central office problems”. I have given up on forwarding it after spending an hour on “hold” yesterday and advised by an ATT rep “it’s not my (the reps) problem”. They really must train them that way, people just are’t naturally that way.
Our furniture will arrive tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon. We understand they will unload some Wednesday night and some Thursday morning and then we will face unpacking for whatever time it may take.
Thursday morning, we are also having internet, phone and cable TV installed, so welcome back to civilization! Also we’ll say goodby to our several days of ease, although actually we have been running around doing things you do when you move, setting up checking accounts, changing addresses, and,in our cases, changing health insurance plans, which is really time consuming.
Tried walking yesterday morning, I had forgotten about the wind! At times, the wind noise was so high I couldn’t hear my book. If I walk in the neighborhood it will be a lot quieter, plus I’m sure I’ll get used to it. I want to start biking again when i get my bike, but I don’t look forward to the wind!
The summer is going fast. I think with the uncertainty etc., it just seems to slip by. I keep thinking about the old soap opera called (I think), “The Sands of Time”. I never watched it but I remember the ads for it and “The Sands of Time” describe how time slips by while you aren’t watching. Like it or not, the sand keeps moving.
That’s it for now, Tuesday, July 1, 2014
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