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Well, wasn't THAT fun? Hurricane Isobel was scheduled to show up on the
same day I was supposed to move... so I had to reschedule everything quickly
to try and move sooner. Movers, power, phone, gas... whee!
I went to get the "starter" load of groceries, heavy on the
dry goods since a blackout was likely -- and sure enough, the power went
out when the storm hit. Thankfully it was only gone for 24 hours, although
the fire alarm system for the whole building (which as it turns out, was
built into the wall of MY apartment) was very upset about this, and so
it went "BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP" constantly for most of those 24
hours. Eventually it ran out of battery power, but between that and the
total lack of a bed (that was the one thing I couldn't get delivered early,
and then they didn't show up, and they had to reschedule...) I wasn't
sleeping real well that night, and I was REAL cranky the next day.
On the upside, the stove is gas, so I could cook even with the power
out if I used a lighter to start it up. AND, the cable guy showed up and
he installed our cable, which just came back online and therefore I have
internet access. So. I now have all the essentials! Heh.
I also set up my aquarium this weekend... when the water clears up a
bit, I'll post some pictures in a later journal entry.
Overall, it could have been a lot worse. Now I'm feeling fairly settled,
although there are still a few evenings worth of work left to do, so I
might not write much in my journal till later this week... but, my goal
is to have some eBay
listings up again for this Friday... so, stay tuned!
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yesterday
