Friday
Jul222005
A Donation to the Cause
Friday, July 22, 2005 at 06:16PM
Today, I received my long and eagerly anticipated IBM Thinkpad 560 from the gracious and lovely Jen,also.
It's a light one alright and although I get the feeling I won't be taking it with me - unless I can find a way to get a USB port in there - it will definately make me a happy happy girl for now and be a huge help in figuring out what I will actually require in a laptop (besides low cost) before I go.
The phone company technicians are all locked out this week - meaning they won't move, add or repair any phones unless it's life-threatening. Which is fine, really, except that they can't seem to agree with us that a phone line in sayyyyy, an operating room or an ER area would fall into that category.
They're figuring it's gonna be a long haul - like 6 months. On a contract they've been trying to work out for something over FOUR years. I'm on call for the next 10 days.
Could be fun.
Let's face it though - since I have no job in three weeks - I could use the cash and since I know I won't be doing this much longer - it makes it a million times easier to take.
So, this weekend I start (again) running to train for basic (the accident pretty much blew any physical fitness I had), start studying for the test next week, hang out on the porch playing with my new laptop (and hopefully writing you some more interesting posts), walking the beach, mentally preparing myself for a marathon session at the dentist in the spirit of getting it all done while I can (this bit all free on the plan I only have for three more weeks) and reading a few of the 8 or 9 books I've now got hanging around since I stopped at the library on the way home.
Suddenly,with most of the stress in my life disappearing over the horizon it seems to be looking like a perfect weekend to me. The first one in a long while.
It's a light one alright and although I get the feeling I won't be taking it with me - unless I can find a way to get a USB port in there - it will definately make me a happy happy girl for now and be a huge help in figuring out what I will actually require in a laptop (besides low cost) before I go.
The phone company technicians are all locked out this week - meaning they won't move, add or repair any phones unless it's life-threatening. Which is fine, really, except that they can't seem to agree with us that a phone line in sayyyyy, an operating room or an ER area would fall into that category.
They're figuring it's gonna be a long haul - like 6 months. On a contract they've been trying to work out for something over FOUR years. I'm on call for the next 10 days.
Could be fun.
Let's face it though - since I have no job in three weeks - I could use the cash and since I know I won't be doing this much longer - it makes it a million times easier to take.
So, this weekend I start (again) running to train for basic (the accident pretty much blew any physical fitness I had), start studying for the test next week, hang out on the porch playing with my new laptop (and hopefully writing you some more interesting posts), walking the beach, mentally preparing myself for a marathon session at the dentist in the spirit of getting it all done while I can (this bit all free on the plan I only have for three more weeks) and reading a few of the 8 or 9 books I've now got hanging around since I stopped at the library on the way home.
Suddenly,with most of the stress in my life disappearing over the horizon it seems to be looking like a perfect weekend to me. The first one in a long while.
Reader Comments (1)
And, damn. Yay! for the arrival of the decrepit laptop! :-)