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Friday, September 23, 2005 

co-ordination chaos

it so happens that the day i turn the keys over at my apt is a sunday so i can't have a walk-through. i have to wait till monday morning. but they want to do the walk-through first thing in the morning. i have class till 11:30 am. yet, i want to be there for it, otherwise there is no telling what they will pin on me. well, there's no telling what they will pin on me anyway. but for my peace of mind. so i had to call power and gas to reschedule to stop service on sep 27.
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this is the same month i bought zoom zoom last year. so had to go and take care of registration issues at the court house. now there is the emission testing. deadline this month. of course!
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cable took three days to hook up. busy time of year? dunno - but i slept on my air bed in the apt till they did hook it up at the house. it's better to have nothing in the background in a placethat you know than in a place that you don't. i think.
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note: give phone and cable at least three days notice to switch service. usps is pretty efficient in this regard - they started forward mail service from the very next day.
*correction*: usps "said" they would start forwarding from the next day but in reality took about a week to start.
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meanwhile, my floor installers are still making regular visits. if it's not one thing, it's another with them. they redid the trim to match the pergo on tuesday. but brought a god awful salmon colored rubber wall base to put in the kitchen toe kick. atrocious mismatch with oak pergo. what was the guy thinking? i sent them back. which means they will be returning soon. reminds me, i have to call the dreaded, lackadaisical store guy (asst mgr., no less) again.

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