Moving in Monday

Having always lived in shared housing, where the bills naturally arrive in the mail, I'd assumed my gas and electric would do the same thing. And then, once I received them, I would put them in my name and pay them myself. Interesting fact, this is not how apartments work.

When no bills arrived the first month, I assumed they were done on a tri-monthly cycle (four times a year), which meant it should've showed in March but, since I'd just moved in, I figured I missed it (and I wouldn't be paying the Jan-March bill anyway), and waited until the end of May. When I still hadn't recieved it by mid-June, I realized I was probably missing something but I didn't even know who to call. Then I was gone to the cottage for fun, then to Norman, OK for work, then my parents visited for the fourth, and I've been meaning to get to it all week. It's Friday now, I just did my phone calls, and they're 'turning on' my gas and electric (two companies) this Monday. I told the gas company what'd happened and they said they'd 'turn it on' on July 12th for me. I just told the electric company that my move in date was Monday.

Other than a slight fear that either gas or electric will turn off over the weekend, I have apparently gotten away with four months of free gas and electric. Happy Birthday to me!