I apologize for the extended (2 week?) down-time. \u00a0We’ve been in the process of moving, and I had no idea it would take this long. \u00a0More on those painful details later I guess. \u00a0As to the move, we are now in the process of getting settled in at a temporary (rental) house in El Dorado Hills, CA. \u00a0Not to be confused with the more glamorous parts of California, this is still a great place so far. \u00a0And, it’s CLOSE to lots of them there fancy places. \u00a0We’re a mere hour and a half drive from several great places like Lake Tahoe, San Francisco, and Napa\/Sonoma. \u00a0No need to drive to Napa though, there are several (hundred) wineries right here in El Dorado County if that’s your thing. \u00a0The drive here was rather arduous, if pleasantly uneventful. \u00a0I cannot, in good faith, recommend driving 1,800 miles with a cat in the car though. \u00a0Poor little guy, he just sat in Donette’s lap and moaned. \u00a0For three days…. \u00a0Ugh. \u00a0He’s adjusting well to the new house though, better than I expected.<\/p>\n
Once we finally arrived at the house on the afternoon of the 21rst, we were relegated to living with what we could carry in the car with us, as the truck with our stuff wouldn’t arrive until Friday. \u00a0That consisted of a few towels, an air mattress, and some sheets. \u00a0Sort of like an indoors camping trip. \u00a0It was a longggg week. \u00a0Our stuff did finally arrive Friday though, and mostly (but not entirely) intact. \u00a0So far there haven’t been any big losses discovered. \u00a0There are a few outstanding issues:<\/p>\n
1. \u00a0All our stuff couldn’t fit on the first truck, so it was loaded on an “overflow” truck. \u00a0No big deal. \u00a0When is that one coming? \u00a0Saturday? \u00a0Monday the 28th maybe? \u00a0Friday. \u00a0Not THIS Friday, Friday the 8th of November. \u00a0Ouch. \u00a0Had I known this to start with, there would have definitely been some adjustments made. \u00a0There are some must-have items on the second truck that are driving me nuts. \u00a0(At least we HOPE they are on the second truck.)<\/p>\n
2. \u00a0They lost one of the “feet” off our dryer, and wouldn’t hook it up without it. \u00a0So, they ordered a replacement from LG. \u00a0No biggie. \u00a0Well, it still hasn’t come in, and we are coming up on two weeks without doing laundry. \u00a0Things are getting critical. \u00a0I’m quickly coming to the decision of propping it up with whatever I can find and hooking it up myself. \u00a0(Much like all the furniture I ended up having to reassemble myself because they lost all the parts from the disassembly.) \u00a0It might not have gone any better, but I definitely wish I would have selected the other moving company when I had the chance.<\/p>\n
3. \u00a0Me and my new Uverse service aren’t getting along too well thus far. \u00a0I found my Surewest service in KC to be very flexible and accommodating to some of my more “unique” arrangements. \u00a0Uverse, not so much. \u00a0They force you into using their router, which naturally they make as difficult as possible to muck around with. \u00a0But, muck around I did of course, and lost our DVR services in the process. \u00a0I am pretty sure this router will become the bane of my very existence. \u00a0It’s about the size of a small refrigerator, and has four 10\/100 ports, one of which is taken up by their odd external wireless access point. \u00a0All this would be fine if \u00a0this was, say, the year 2001. \u00a0My only hope is that I can somehow figure out how to daisy chain my personal routers off the back of it. \u00a0(That is, if they ever actually get here!!!!!)<\/p>\n
That’s enough typing for now I suppose. \u00a0I broke down last night and plugged my webserver into that evil router of theirs, and eventually managed to navigate their cryptic menus enough to get it up and running for the time being. \u00a0I will be sure and keep everyone abreast of the status of my home network as more equipment arrives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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