Could it be that we have come to the end? With no life-threatening wounds but so much aggravation. It's like being 23 and being unable to buy a drink because your license has the words "Under 21" printed on it. You know it's no single person's fault, but you just don't understand it. There were no weak links, only a disintegrated chain.

Around 17:23 this evening, I called the port center back to check on their progress. When I started talking to "Tina", I didn't immediately feel at ease as she had to "see what my file said". Tina turned out to be great though. After about 30 minutes of confirming, being on hold, and turning my phone off and on and reprogramming it I finally saw the phone turning on and saying "My Telephone Number: ###-###-####" and it was the correct number. Just 174 hours after my first trip into the store, the number port was complete. I've read about cases that took a little bit longer, but I really never expected it take this long, and to be this heartwrenching.

And to end with the hokiest of all endings, the LNP disease has now been cured.