In the haze of moving, I had forgotten to plug in my phone. Phone service was scheduled to be connected on Friday, May 21 and AT&T had assured me there was no reason for a technician to come out.
Monday morning before my first coaching call I plugged in the phone and checked for a dial tone--none. I systematically raced through the house plugging into every jack--nothing, nothing, NOTHING!!
Thank heaven for my iPhone and a number of clients who interestingly needed to reschedule their appointments for that morning (tell me things don't happen for a reason!)
AT&T was so helpful is letting me know they could send a tech out between 8am and noon on Wednesday. This worked perfectly since this was also when the propane people could send someone out.
Technical Difficulty #2:
Todd had gotten the TV hooked up and cable was working fine--not that we had time to watch TV. The Internet was another matter. First, we couldn't find the box with my router in it, then when we hooked it up it didn't work. Todd didn't have time to troubleshoot, so I resigned myself to a day without Internet.
Temporary Solution
Looking at another afternoon of moving, an evening of cleaning my old place for the walk through the next day and facing no phone for the next day's coaching calls and no shower, I booked a room at the Encinitas Howard Johnsons.
It turns out there was a lot more stuff still to move at the townhouse. Todd and I packed it in every nook and cranny of his truck and trailer and stacked it higher than probably recommended.
Then it was back to work. He tied down and I cleaned. As I cleaned, I made another vow: I will hire professional cleaners the next time I move.
We finally got the truck ready to roll around 11pm. He headed to Alpine and I headed to HoJo.
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