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Wow. Where do I even begin….

A little while back I was talking about getting a new desktop machine, or buying a laptop for a desktop replacement perhaps. Well, I procrastinated and, sure enough, my old desktop machine burned itself up on friday evening and would no longer stay running for more than a few seconds at a time. To top that off, I thought that I could use a little extra cash for my new machine so friday afternoon I decided to sell my mac mini, the only other desktop machine I had, and it sold almost immediately. Therefor, I had, in essence, no desktop machine by friday night. I had to reformat, reinstall OSX on the mini to get it shipped out on saturday morning.

I decided to go to best buy to check out this 17″ Gateway Laptop they had, for a desktop replacement. That turned out the be a debacle and giant time suck. More on this in a later post.

I ended up getting a new laptop (or should I say two) at Staples the next day (again, more in a later post), mailing off the Mac Mini, preping for a house warming party I was going to (made some of my yummie macaroni salad). Did some config of the new laptop and cleaning/reorg of my desk.

This is the good part. I went to friends house warming party and had a good time there for a few hours. Found out I really like home brewed Maple Mead. Mmmmmm Delicious!

Sunday is when I found out that the mechanic was going to rip me off. Took the car to the shop for a little rip in the sidewall of a tire and figured might as well do oil change, inspection (due next month), etc. at the same time. Well, the car’s tire was fine but needed a new brake hose and new shocks and parts not available until monday.

Monday had to mail my Nokia n800 I sold over the weekend and then wait around all day to pay for and pick up my car. I kept calling the garage to get updates on my car, as it was talking them en exceedingly long time, and had to deal with the snippy counter guy there. Finally put my Lackrack together to clean up my livingroom a bit too.

Whew, I am glad it’s tuesday 🙂