After about a year of contemplating and speaking to friends about the pros and cons of switching from AT & T to Brighthouse for telephone service, I made the switch yesterday.\u00a0 They gave me an 8:00 to 10:00am appointment, which I thought meant he’d show up anytime between those hours.\u00a0 Before he arrived, I made sure to clear the areas he’d be working in, so he’d have plenty of room.\u00a0 I moved 4 rolling tables out of the office and moved everything away from the wall.\u00a0 I glanced at the clock and had time to vacuum the room again, so I began doing that. Sure enough, as soon as I turned on the vacuum cleaner, he knocked on the door.\u00a0 Had I not had such a heavy brass door knocker, I would not have heard him.<\/p>\n
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As he went about installing new connections, I couldn’t go online so I went outside and pruned back a few more turk’s cap around the utility box outside.\u00a0 Then I planted the cuttings along the ongoing front hedge.\u00a0 Another layer of privacy! He showed up at 7:55am and was done at exactly 10:00am. It was weird trying to find things to do while I couldn’t go online, but I didn’t know it would take him two hours.\u00a0 I didn’t know what all was involved, or I would have planned my time better.<\/p>\n
I smiled to think of how put off my schedule I was being unable to go online or use the land lines.\u00a0 I love my cell phone but only use it when I have to, like when I travel.\u00a0 For most of my calls, the land line is a much better choice.\u00a0 So, I thought, if I didn’t have the internet and didn’t have phones, how would I do business?<\/p>\n
For some reason that didn’t really freak me out. I figure if that ever happens, I’ll figure out something from whatever I’ve got on hand at the time.\u00a0 Like Alan Cohen<\/a>‘s teacher Hilda Charlton<\/a> told him, “Take what you’ve got and make what you want.”<\/p>\n Had I known how long it would take to hook up the cable and phone connections, I would have planned for it.\u00a0 I thought how many times in the past I unexpectedly had a big bank of time and was unprepared for it, so it went to waste?<\/p>\n I thought of how many weekends did I end up having free time, that I could have gone on a short vacation?\u00a0 How many days do I fritter away in unorganized busy work, when Having a Game Plan Leaves me More Time For Fun Adventures?<\/a><\/p>\n So maybe my time today was not wasted, since I made me bring this to mind again.<\/p>\n It’s about time to plan a vacation.<\/p>\n I wish I had somewhere I really wanted to go.<\/p>\n LISTEN FREE<\/span>: Out of Body Experience<\/a><\/p>\n