Make a circuit with me.
So Qwest, as promised, had DSL running at my new home by Tuesday. The fact that it takes them 5 business days to complete this request is disheartning–but at least it’s done. Yesterday morning I activated the circuit by calling my ISP (Sound Internet) and with a few keystrokes they changed my ID over and we were live. Heather was able to use her work computer as of yesterday morning. Last night I turned on my server–which apparently needs some severe help. It was wheezing like an out-of-shape marathon runner with asthma. Nonetheless, adamkooyer.com (and all of my other .coms and .nets) are up and running. This makes me happy. But it’s not over yet. Today at noon Superior Electric will be out to survey the damage. You see, as expected, there are no ethernet runs in our new home. It was finished in 1968 from top to bottom and as you are well aware–ethernet did not exist. So I’m going to have him give me a quote on dropping a few critical lines here and there–among some other home improvements and electrical repairs. So sometime in the next few days I’m expecting to have another outage as I will need to disconnect and clean my server–then return it to service once wiring is complete. Isnt’ this fun?!
On a positive note, moving last weekend was quite successful. Thanks again, to all that were available to help on Saturday. At one point I believe we had 16 people helping. My Dad loaned us his racing trailer and called us afterward to thank us for being so organized. Although I didn’t think we were that organized, it was nice that he did. A big thanks to my Dad for that trailer! We still have many boxes to unpack, a few leftovers at the old house to grab and countless home repairs to perform–but we’re happy in our new home. In a few short weeks, the house will be shaping up. We plan to host Christmas this year for our families so we’d better get busy!
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