Last weekend our new college graduate granddaughter Jennifer moved into a rental home, and for the first time in her life she is really out on her own, in the real world. She's still interviewing for jobs in her career field but fortunately has a full time job where she's at least earning enough to pay her bills. She is also learning that little things can become BIG things really fast. Here's an example.
Up until now she never knew that when person "A" moves out of a rental home they shut the electricity off. When person "B"(Jennifer) moves in, it's up to that person to make sure the electricity gets turned back on, and when that person is a first-time customer on her own, that process is a bit more involved. Before, she had lived in college-oriented apartment complexes, where the complex managers took care of everything, except cable TV and internet services. Jennifer quickly found out that such was no longer the case for her, when the day before the planned move-in, she found out that the electricity could not be turned back on for a couple of days.
Looking back, I have to accept some of the responsibility for her problem because had I asked the right questions, I might have found out about the electric situation. But, maybe it's better the way it happened, because Jennifer now has a good understanding about how quickly a simple thing can turn difficult...in the "real" world. As an epilog, she moved her stuff in anyway, in the heat, but came back home here for the weekend. Today, she's back up in her new home, waiting for the power to get turned back on. Happily, she has some new furniture also being delivered this week, which will make her new home ever better.
