Getting closer to having a kitchen countertop

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I finally settled on a countertop for the kitchen. The store that will install it called me last week to let me know when the guys can come to measure things and cut out the templates. The lady told me it will be today but couldn't tell me the exact time or even the time window. She said I can call in the morning to find out. Before I even had the chance to do that, the guys came. It was some time between eight and nine in the morning. On one hand it's good they came that early. I got it out of the way and have the rest of the day to do what I need or want to do. On the other hand, it was pretty early. I didn't expect anyone to come at that time. Good thing I was already up and showered by then. Had our contractor not been coming today I could have still been sleeping at that time. And that would have not been good as I probably wouldn't have heard the bell ring and they wouldn't have been able to do anything. While doing the templates, they put the sheets (not sure on the material) on top of the bottom cabinets and drew lines underneath the template with a pencil so they knew where to cut them. Doing that they ended up getting the cabinets dirty with the pencil. Now I have to deal with getting it all off. Argh! Why couldn't they just draw the lines on top instead of on the bottom? The guys took the sink when they left. I guess just measuring it is not enough. I am assuming it will be returned to me when they come to install the countertop, which will be some time in November I think. The next step is to go the factory (or whatever it's called) and decide which part of the slab will go to which part of the cabinets. As far as I know the store will call me to schedule an appointment. And most likely it will be when hubby is at work. He will have no choice but to take off then because I don't drive so no way for me to get there on my own.