Archive for May, 2005

Well, we have now arrived in New Brunswick safe and sound. The decision to move was fairly sudden (72 hours ago I didn’t know we were moving). The decision rested partly on the state of the laptop, and partly on our ability to find some place to live. We found a place to live, and BestBuy couldn’t do anything so we took off.

It’s now Monday afternoon.

The drive took about 16 hours. It rained the entire time, which didn’t exactly help us be perky, but it was still a fun drive. It just meant Evan couldn’t run around anywhere near as much as he wanted to. Sadly, we couldn’t stop in Montreal. And I never realized the backroads of Quebec / Maine were quite so… backroady…

There were potholes the size of J-Lo’s booty all over the road :(

We drove through Maine (see our route here). We had NO problems at the border. It saved us between 5 and 8 hours of driving, so the risk of being turned back was worth it.

Thankfully, no problems whatsoever. It was great. The guy gave me a ribbing for being a Windows guy even, which was fun.

We got lost in Maine (Mappoint’s directions through Maine sucked, and the map we bought was 10 years old and VERY out of date). But, we found our way to our destination eventually.

It was a good trip. At 15 hours it was basically a whole day and we were all tired (after getting up at 4am), but we’re all doing well.

So far, no phone yet. Our cellphone doesn’t work out here, hence no calls to family yet. I’m going to go wander around town looking for payphones tonight or tomorrow morning to let family know we’re okay.

More on this later, I’m sure. It’s an adventure (and a half) and I’m sure I’ll have lots and lots of thoughts. The plan is to be here for about 6 weeks and then to figure out if we want to move, or if we want to snatch up some of the job opportunities I’m being given back in Ontario. It’s too bad your dream job doesn’t let you live somewhere like here! ;-)

So we’re now in New Brunswick (more on that later). I tried to sign in to my Yahoo! Mail account, because that’s how I check POP mail (like Ensight) and it says my account’s been closed. Upon closer inspection the reason is clear… though odd…

While we were in Ontario, we signed up for Rogers Hi Speed. The first time I logged into Yahoo, it tied my existing Yahoo ID to my Rogers ID. “Okay”, I said to myself, “this saves me a registration step, cool”.

So, we move away from Shelburne. Cancel the Hi Speed web access.

And, guess what? My Yahoo account gets closed at the same time.

Nice.

So, I have, once again, lost email. If you send me anything in the last week, it’s gone. Poof. Outta there. Please feel free to resend.

Thanks.

ps: this event has made me consider switching to GMail. Well done Yahoo.