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3. May 2009, 2:32 pmUncategorizedGemisht14 comments

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Note to self: When you decide to put your blog in maintenance mode so that you can change the theme and have it back up and running in a day or so, you should make sure first that you can do what you want to the theme and that you aren’t likely to be distracted and end up with the blog in maintenance mode for waaaaayyyy too long.

Sorry I have been gone so long, it wasn’t intentional. So much has happened, I’m not sure where to start, but here goes hopefully in some kind of “coherent” order:

We had to move the business. Emphasis on “had to”, it wasn’t something that we had planned to do. Hubby and I had been looking at new premises since January and there wasn’t a lot around the size that we needed so that was hard work. We finally found an awesome place which is a brand new, freestanding building, which means that we have the whole place to ourselves and don’t have to worry about blocking the driveway when we have trucks there. Fantastic.

The worst part of the move – organising new phone numbers, internet access and getting the phone system moved over as seamlessly as possible. The telephone and email are critical when it comes to running the business so a lot of work on my part went in to making sure it all worked. In theory it should have. The reality was very different. We had the old numbers diverted to the new numbers and I put vacation messages on everyone’s emails so that people would get some response rather than just nothing at all. Then it all went pear-shaped. There was a problem with the phone line at the exchange so the phone numbers weren’t working – people were ringing the old number and instead of being diverted seamlessly there were being told that the number had been disconnected. UGH. Then the line hunt (where the calls automatically “hunt” for a free line for incoming calls) wasn’t working either so if someone in the office was already on the phone then new calls seemed to the person ringing us, to be ringing out when it wasn’t even ringing at our end. BIG UGH.

Then the new modem developed gremlins and decided every now and then to not work. with no rhyme or reason as to why it wasn’t working.

After several phone calls to both the phone and ADSL providers, we seem to have everything working now, a month down the track. But to say it was stressful for me was an understatement.

With Tiger in his first year of high school, term 1 was really busy – extra workload, extra homework, more after school things going on. Add to this me working extra hours in the build up to the move and after, which meant we were all distracted, busy and stressed out.

I think that almost all of term 1 this year should be written off and we can start again now at the beginning of term 2.

There have been a couple of other things going on, but they are posts in themselves so you will have to wait for me to reveal all.

And that theme that I was working on, I have been doing bits and pieces on it and its almost ready. I hope to get it activated here soon. Although I have exams for Uni next month and a fair bit of catching up to do (not much Uni work was done due to stress/distraction of the move) so don’t hold your breath cause I don’t want to be responsible for anyone going blue.

I’ll be back soon with another post, I promise. Be gone with you maintenance mode, be gone !!!!!!!!!

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14 comments:

Scribbler, 3. May 2009, 15:27

Welcome back. This is my first time here. I came via twitter. I like the blog, it is very clean. I am also glad you didn’t stop blogging.
anonymum, 3. May 2009, 15:33

Well now that I’m conscious again, I can comment….

I am SO hearing you..life has a way of kicking our arse when we least expect it, and the worst part is it’s generally one after the other as you say….
Surely it has to get better sooner or later??
Tamsyn, 3. May 2009, 20:06

Welcome back! I’m glad to hear that everything sorted itself out in the end
Gemisht, 3. May 2009, 22:13

Thanks Scribbler for the comment and the compliment. My intention wasn’t to stop just that I really wanted to change the theme and got distracted and have only just started to breathe again.

Anonymum, yes hopefully it has to get better. Glad that you are conscious again. Did you have to get the smelling salts out????

Tamsyn thanks for the welcome back and yes everything has sorted itself out – for the moment anyway. I am not holding my breath for it to stay this way but fingers crossed it might.
WiddleShamrock, 4. May 2009, 6:12

I am glad you are back.

I am looking forward to hearing what you have been up to.

Moving anything can be a PIA. Glad you are settled and by all means, write off Term one and start again.
Jayne, 4. May 2009, 10:55

Glad to see you back again, have missed you!
Yuck, moving can be a shocker and sounds like yours was worse than most.
Hope no more wrinkles appear and things are smooth sailing for you
anonymum, 4. May 2009, 18:45

Nah! Bucket of water did the trick, and cleaned the floor at the same time…bonus!!!
Mistress B, 4. May 2009, 20:55

Welcome home.

You sound as flat out as the rest of us.

*shakes head*

Yes, write off first term……… I’m seriously contemplating writing off this one too lol
Marita, 6. May 2009, 7:59

Welcome back. The move sounds stressful. Writing off first term seems a very good idea.
anja, 10. May 2009, 17:36

So glad you’re back. Is everyone on super busy mode lately?
jen, 13. May 2009, 10:37

Busy busy busy ey? I can relate to that but at least I haven’t had to move. I hope it all settles down now.
rhubarb whine, 19. May 2009, 10:11

Welcome back, I missed your bits!
michaelm, 21. May 2009, 12:16

Technology can really take the piss out of you.
Hang tight, Gem.
Things are looking quite good.
~m
tiff, 28. May 2009, 17:36

Thank good ness you are back again! Missed you.