AT&T & Stupid & Other Progress
I actually did pretty good at getting things done yesterday. All the boxes with stuff to be gone through are in one place in the living room. There's under a dozen, of which 3 or 4 are glass things that need to be wrapped and repacked in sturdier boxes for storage. Kitchen is as done as it can be, dining room is done with writing area set up (and a mountain of stuff to be filed...or thrown away since we no longer need to save the paid gas bills and so on), bedrooms and bathrooms are done. This leaves the living room, which I expect will be somewhat a mess for awhile since we don't have furniture, and the enclosed porch, which may or may not remain a mess for awhile for the same reason. The place is pretty much livable now, and the only things that should unexpectedly trip anyone would be the cats being speed bumps in the middle of a room. There's still a few things to put up on the walls and Chef's collection of shot glasses to put on display, but we've got wall decoration otherwise. The dining room is mightily crowded with autographed photos and posters.
Anyway, there's still unpacking to do, but it can be done in a more leisurely manor, mostly. I also plowed through a number of address changes and phone calls. As expected, SSI has to call me back about my second issue with them. It'll probably be at some ungodly hour in the next day or two. I even managed a few words and some editing!
What I did not manage was to get my email issue fixed. Seems to have someone even try to help sort out an email issue using a software based email client requires you to pay $50 without guarantees it'll get fixed. Am I crazy to think tech support for a service that you're paying for should come with the service and not be split up into "easy so it's free" and "not so easy so you have to pay" options? I went through a phone rep, an online rep, and the damn website, and all three directed me to AT&T's pay for tech help. There was a fellow who did try to help me via Twitter, but unfortunately, his suggestions didn't work. At least he didn't charge. ;)
I'm moving to Comcast instead for my internets. I still may not be able to use Eudora to mail out, but hopefully I won't get charged for the tech support to attempt to figure it out. The change to our services moved my technician date to Friday, so I'll stay on AT&T until we're all set up. Once I'm sure Comcast is working and hasn't f'd up my machine, I'll call AT&T and stop service. I think my Comcast combo bill will be a little higher, but I already know I'll be happier with them than with Dish. We'll see how it goes for the internet. My oldest girl seems pretty happy with them.
I also noticed today that the work from the weekend is finally sinking in. Everything is sore-back, legs, sides. My head is sore too, but that's probably more from the weather than anything. I also got hit with some congestion (I'm claiming it's moving crud, which isn't nearly as bad as con crud, but is still annoying) and seem to be experiencing my usual after the stress reaction (lots of bathroom trips). Hoping all of this will be gone before the end of the week. I'm already tired from the move; this crap only makes me more tired. And cranky.
Word Counts Yesterday
Total New (incl WB): 1420
Total Words: 1420
Total Pages Revised: 0
Was pretty surprised I managed so many words last night. Hoping I do pretty close to the same tonight, but I'm not sure. Like I said, I'm tired. And there may be an early AM call in the near future. And I'm fighting some kind of sick. With all that in mind, I probably should be in bed before 4 AM. Maybe even before 3 AM. I'd aim for 2, but that's not likely to happen. lol
Even though I barreled through most of yesterday's list, there's still a few things I didn't manage to get to or didn't finish, plus I have a few other extras today. So today's to do list isn't quite as long as yesterday's, but it's still quite busy....
» Stretch
» 5 min Step
» Tirs
» 1250 words
» post to writersweighin
» Market Finders update
» WCP editing: HH
» WCP editing: TAJ
» beta reading: FT
» dinner
» dishes
» reading
» bank
» grocery store (small trip)
» filing
» unpacking/organizing
» update PW records
I'm actually not worrying about the exercise much yet. Even without stretching and whatnot yesterday, I still burned around 600 calories unpacking, walking, moving stuff, and so on. I think I can let the stretching go for a bit. Next week, things will be quieter, and I'll probably have to finally find the motivation to actually get back in the habit. Not that I don't think about doing it now, I'm just too tired to act on what I'm thinking. lol
Anyway, better get to it. My brain has been threatening a shut down all evening, which is so not conducive to writing. :P
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Anyway, there's still unpacking to do, but it can be done in a more leisurely manor, mostly. I also plowed through a number of address changes and phone calls. As expected, SSI has to call me back about my second issue with them. It'll probably be at some ungodly hour in the next day or two. I even managed a few words and some editing!
What I did not manage was to get my email issue fixed. Seems to have someone even try to help sort out an email issue using a software based email client requires you to pay $50 without guarantees it'll get fixed. Am I crazy to think tech support for a service that you're paying for should come with the service and not be split up into "easy so it's free" and "not so easy so you have to pay" options? I went through a phone rep, an online rep, and the damn website, and all three directed me to AT&T's pay for tech help. There was a fellow who did try to help me via Twitter, but unfortunately, his suggestions didn't work. At least he didn't charge. ;)
I'm moving to Comcast instead for my internets. I still may not be able to use Eudora to mail out, but hopefully I won't get charged for the tech support to attempt to figure it out. The change to our services moved my technician date to Friday, so I'll stay on AT&T until we're all set up. Once I'm sure Comcast is working and hasn't f'd up my machine, I'll call AT&T and stop service. I think my Comcast combo bill will be a little higher, but I already know I'll be happier with them than with Dish. We'll see how it goes for the internet. My oldest girl seems pretty happy with them.
I also noticed today that the work from the weekend is finally sinking in. Everything is sore-back, legs, sides. My head is sore too, but that's probably more from the weather than anything. I also got hit with some congestion (I'm claiming it's moving crud, which isn't nearly as bad as con crud, but is still annoying) and seem to be experiencing my usual after the stress reaction (lots of bathroom trips). Hoping all of this will be gone before the end of the week. I'm already tired from the move; this crap only makes me more tired. And cranky.
Word Counts Yesterday
Total New (incl WB): 1420
Total Words: 1420
Total Pages Revised: 0
Was pretty surprised I managed so many words last night. Hoping I do pretty close to the same tonight, but I'm not sure. Like I said, I'm tired. And there may be an early AM call in the near future. And I'm fighting some kind of sick. With all that in mind, I probably should be in bed before 4 AM. Maybe even before 3 AM. I'd aim for 2, but that's not likely to happen. lol
Even though I barreled through most of yesterday's list, there's still a few things I didn't manage to get to or didn't finish, plus I have a few other extras today. So today's to do list isn't quite as long as yesterday's, but it's still quite busy....
» Stretch
» 5 min Step
» Tirs
» 1250 words
» post to writersweighin
» Market Finders update
» WCP editing: HH
» WCP editing: TAJ
» beta reading: FT
» dinner
» dishes
» reading
» bank
» grocery store (small trip)
» filing
» unpacking/organizing
» update PW records
I'm actually not worrying about the exercise much yet. Even without stretching and whatnot yesterday, I still burned around 600 calories unpacking, walking, moving stuff, and so on. I think I can let the stretching go for a bit. Next week, things will be quieter, and I'll probably have to finally find the motivation to actually get back in the habit. Not that I don't think about doing it now, I'm just too tired to act on what I'm thinking. lol
Anyway, better get to it. My brain has been threatening a shut down all evening, which is so not conducive to writing. :P
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most recent
whysper at least we're out :: journeys Coming Out Of Darkness
the chef's wife Cranberry Sauce