Happy Birthday....

to me :)

My beautiful roses amid the chaos of my desk...thank you Ken!

Yawn......

I spent the evening at a Pokemon tournament. Yes, you read that correctly. I always considered myself a nerd....but now, I realize I have a long way to go to achieve true nerd status, LOL! The boys enjoyed it, and it was not too painful, as one of the boys' friends and his dad went, too. At least I had someone to talk to who also had very little understanding of the whole Pokemon experience (though he did admit to having played a few times with his son).

Next time, however, I will bring a book...cuz without something to do, I might actually learn a lil about the games...and I am not sure that is something I really want! I prefer to remain ignorant of the whole process.

Problem Resolved

Well, the three year warrantee on the laptop paid off. Apparently the warrantee company did not want to pay for yet another round of repairs, as they decided to "junkout" the computer (which was 2.5 years old). This means that they gave us back the original purchase price of the computer to apply toward a new computer.

Soooooo...... last night I tore out to Best Buy to pick out my new machine! I had two friends (thanks John and Shawn!!!) consulting on the phone and together the three of us decided on a pretty Dell. (OK, I'm not sure that a laptop can be considered pretty, unless you count those freaking awesome red ones that were wayyyyy out of my price range.) But, it is black, shiny, and it actually works!!!! To me, that is the absolute defination of pretty.

I am spending the next few days getting programs loaded so that I will be ready to go when the semester starts on Monday....did I mention this is my LAST semester???? YEAH!!!!!!!

Computer Issues

Once again, the laptop is off for repairs :( More posts will follow once I have more consistent computer access.