As I noted last week, I’m moving this week (and getting married this weekend). I’ve been almost completely offline over the past few days – which has been both a blessing and a curse. There’s a lot of offline work to be done around the new gnomestead. Of course, we also have family and friends visiting for the wedding – as if moving wasn’t stressful enough. Here’s about ten things I’ve learned since unwillingly unplugging:

• Neighbors with open access points are awesome.
• Spam filters are almost completely useless anymore.
• Jingle bells is more fun in groups.
• Zinc tablets taste awful, but they can curb the common cold.
• A blog is impossible to update over dial-up speeds.
• Some of my missing friends have now been found!
• Ponzi unpacks quicker than she packs.
• Gas fireplaces produce an insane amount of heat.
• Women can (and will) change their mind at the last second without telling you.
• With movers, you usually get what you pay for.
• McDonald’s has cool Happy Meal toys right now (iZ by Zizzle)

I really, really can’t wait to get back into my geek groove. My new home office is in sore need of an overhaul – all in good time, I suppose.

[tags]geek, moving, moving day, movers, move, new home, house[/tags]