So, I have this long list of things I've done to prepare for my trip. Most are completed (in no particular order):
- Find reasonable no-fee banking situation
- Cancel/suspend Netflix
- Cancel electric service
- Cancel gas service
- Lower student loan payments
- Route mortgage payments through new bank account
- Hand over treasurer duties to condo-mates (sorta)
- Email European friends about plans
- Get rid of tons of clothing and miscellaneous other junk
- Cancel/suspend cell phone
- Cancel US health insurance
- Buy European health insurance
- Get French Visa
- Assemble enormous amount of paper work for French visa
- Price storage units (too high!)
- Transfer cat to KJ
- Transfer camping gear to Pele
- Convey far too much information to future renter
- Download and edit lease for renter
- Advertise the van as for sale
- Give away/sell various household items via internet
- Send dozens of emails arranging to see apartments in Paris
- Rent Paris apartment!
- Resolve many pending condo banking issues
- Ask for leave of absence
- Write memo justifying leave request
- Cancel DSL service
- Cancel work-gym membership
- Transfer bike to Pele
- Ask Dad for email address of European friend of family
- Organize/store remaining items at home
- Clean the house
- Reserve shuttle ride to airport on Monday
- Retrieve boxes from basement and pack up entertainment equipment
But no. I get an email a few minutes later about my "cancellation order effective 5-21-08." Uh oh--are they canceling me today? That would be...not a disaster...but a real pain in the ass. I call. They're canceling me on FRIDAY (5/23) not MONDAY (5/27), as I requested. And they can't do a damn thing about it. The order is in the system. The end. THE END.
I hate you Verizon. True, I'm too cheap to go with another service if you still have the lowest price, but I'm writing a letter to HQ telling them how much you suck and that they need to get some competent employees. Sigh.
Grateful for: the coffee shop around the corner with free wifi.
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