Moving

So.

Summer semester. It's started and almost ended without me talking about it much here.

It's been stressful, to say the least. Finals are tomorrow, I'm looking forward to it being over with.

I moved off campus to a new apartment this past weekend. Currently living in an apartment complex near campus with a friend, paying less rent than I would be at KSU but I'm not sure of the exact amount of savings yet because of the electric bill. Not sure what to expect there.

The move was mostly uneventful. I had a friend help me move yesterday, but we got about half a car-load of stuff in my car thanks to the rain before we realized I was late for my move-in appointment. The leasing lady had already left but a maintenance guy was there and was able to call her and get my keys. The weather didn't look like it was going to let up so I had my friend leave… not ten minutes after, the rain just stopped.

At that point I went to a friend's house then called it a night at my old place.

Today I finished moving by myself, it took about four or five hours to get it done. I also got my internet setup through Comcast. That was the best customer service experience in my life. (Editor note: If your sarcasm alarm hasn't gone off, I hope it's under warranty because it's broken.)

After completing the online order, instead of just paying for it there they passed me off to some chat with someone who either has never used her drivers license number or social security number or simply isn't an American citizen. She ran a background check and wanted my SSN OR my drivers license number with the state it was issued in. I gave her the latter. It took her about five minutes before she realized that "the social security number" was a bit odd. She apologized for her mistake.

Later she tried to force a "professional installation" on me for $49.99 instead of the $25 I had agreed for on the website before I got to the chat. That's FIFTY DOLLARS for some guy to plug in a wire that I can most certainly do myself. I came down on her like the fist of an angry God at that point for trying to slip that in on me. Then she told me that this person couldn't get here until the middle of August.

Uh. No.

She gave me a customer service number to call to get an earlier install, so I called them. And got routed to a call center that only handled Massachusetts customers. Fantastic. It took a while to get routed to a Georgia call center.

(This part I'll keep short since it was actually helpful.) No professional install needed, the guy is sending me a DIY kit that should be here by Wednesday.

Anyway, so far the apartment is panning out decently. (Except for the apartment complex leasing out the pool near my unit for use as a friggin algae farm. The economy really must be that bad.) Hopefully it'll even out and settle down soon. Planning a mini "vacation" to home/Warner Robins after school ends. I need a break.