This morning I spoke with my alarm company (the local Installation Manager - to find out what kind of phone line I should get as a dedicated phone line for the system - answer: just need a minimal line that only needs to make outgoing calls to toll-free numbers) and with Speakeasy (Tech Support - to find out what the mechanism is for the VOIP phone number port and whether there was any schedule padding I could work on for provisioning a new line for the alarm system - answer: it’s automatic, but takes a few days to 30 days from the install of the DSL line) to figure out the scheduling I needed to work with to make sure the alarm still had a phone number to make calls with.

I had to order a new line right away with Verizon. So I did, this afternoon. Install of the new line (new bill, etc. - I explained I’d be moving soon but didn’t want to the security service to be completely cut off) should be complete on 1/9/2008. I will rewire the various stuff inside my house and handle testing with my alarm company.

Work is very quiet today. I think everyone’s expecting an “early release” but no such thing’s come yet. We’ll see. There was one on Christmas Eve.

I bought lunch for my coworkers. It was cheap and what the hell, it’s the Holidays.

misia and I are both worried about how rough it might get for her while visiting her Mom to help out with her Grandmother’s convalescence from a scheduled surgery, but we’ve both resolved to try to reassure ourselves  that it’ll be okay and not focus on obsessing about the discomfort we somewhat pragmatically think we can expect from the visit (or for my part from supporting her from afar about the visit).

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