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I am now doing something that I've always wanted to do. And yes, I know it's stereotypical, corny, passe', or whatever-else-have you.
But I don't care. I've wanted to do this for YEARS.
I'm. Blogging. In. A. Coffee. Shop.
....on my shiny new laptop!!!
Did I say squeeeeeee???
*pantpantpant*
OK. For the record, this laptop was purchased for educational purposes. That is, since I work midnights, and I have a good amount of downtime, at least for one of my clients, it had always been my intention to do my classwork while at work-work. And currently, I'm enrolled in 2 online classes, and have almost no time to do anything with them outside of work. In fact, having just gotten the laptop today, I'm almost 2 weeks behind on classwork.
Which should be remedied tonight when I go to work with said new shiny.
So, you can see, it really was a necessary thing if I wanted to maintain something along the lines of a life and a sleep schedule. And yes, I had help buying it, or I never could have afforded it. Especially since the one CRITICAL component for me was that I had to be able to access the internet on a 3G network, since most people don't have open WiFi in their homes (or any WiFi at all, in the case of the client in question)... and that one component required 2 upgrades that I otherwise had no interest in, but they were necessary to make the computer work in the way it needed to.
One of the unintentional upgrades was a webcam, which I think I can see as I type this, but I'm not exploring much right now. I'm sipping coffee and blogging, and I care not for cameras, muhaha!
I have about half an hour before I have to leave... I'm going to go and get a firsthand tour of the new factory for Flatlander Chocolate from the owner. I'm a fan on Facebook, and we've done the usual comment back-and-forth thing, and he sells his chocolate at the Farmers' Market, so I've run into him a few times, and I find him interesting, so I finally told him that I'd decided we needed to go out for coffee. He agreed, but one-upped me and asked if I wanted to scope out his new place (he's been making the chocolate out of his house until less than a month ago), so of course I jumped at the chance. I was supposed to go yesterday, but I got one of those headaches from hell... But anyway, we were both free today, so that's going to be my cool thing for the day.
Y'know, besides the laptop. :)
By the way, in a recent bookstore date, I ran across a Laurell K. Hamilton book I hadn't read yet, called Flirt, and I was inspired to name my laptop the same thing - it's pink, and it gets around. :) (Yes, I could have gone so many other places with that description, but Flirt suits my mood quite nicely. Anyone who knows me knows I wouldn't take the "tame" route to protect anyone's tender sensibilities!)
OK, so I have some time here, and I think the battery works for 6 hours, and I have free WiFi here (so I don't have to use the minutes on the 3G, which is good), so I suppose I should at least give a bit of an update on what's been going on with me.
( In Case I Get Long-Winded )
But I don't care. I've wanted to do this for YEARS.
I'm. Blogging. In. A. Coffee. Shop.
....on my shiny new laptop!!!
Did I say squeeeeeee???
*pantpantpant*
OK. For the record, this laptop was purchased for educational purposes. That is, since I work midnights, and I have a good amount of downtime, at least for one of my clients, it had always been my intention to do my classwork while at work-work. And currently, I'm enrolled in 2 online classes, and have almost no time to do anything with them outside of work. In fact, having just gotten the laptop today, I'm almost 2 weeks behind on classwork.
Which should be remedied tonight when I go to work with said new shiny.
So, you can see, it really was a necessary thing if I wanted to maintain something along the lines of a life and a sleep schedule. And yes, I had help buying it, or I never could have afforded it. Especially since the one CRITICAL component for me was that I had to be able to access the internet on a 3G network, since most people don't have open WiFi in their homes (or any WiFi at all, in the case of the client in question)... and that one component required 2 upgrades that I otherwise had no interest in, but they were necessary to make the computer work in the way it needed to.
One of the unintentional upgrades was a webcam, which I think I can see as I type this, but I'm not exploring much right now. I'm sipping coffee and blogging, and I care not for cameras, muhaha!
I have about half an hour before I have to leave... I'm going to go and get a firsthand tour of the new factory for Flatlander Chocolate from the owner. I'm a fan on Facebook, and we've done the usual comment back-and-forth thing, and he sells his chocolate at the Farmers' Market, so I've run into him a few times, and I find him interesting, so I finally told him that I'd decided we needed to go out for coffee. He agreed, but one-upped me and asked if I wanted to scope out his new place (he's been making the chocolate out of his house until less than a month ago), so of course I jumped at the chance. I was supposed to go yesterday, but I got one of those headaches from hell... But anyway, we were both free today, so that's going to be my cool thing for the day.
Y'know, besides the laptop. :)
By the way, in a recent bookstore date, I ran across a Laurell K. Hamilton book I hadn't read yet, called Flirt, and I was inspired to name my laptop the same thing - it's pink, and it gets around. :) (Yes, I could have gone so many other places with that description, but Flirt suits my mood quite nicely. Anyone who knows me knows I wouldn't take the "tame" route to protect anyone's tender sensibilities!)
OK, so I have some time here, and I think the battery works for 6 hours, and I have free WiFi here (so I don't have to use the minutes on the 3G, which is good), so I suppose I should at least give a bit of an update on what's been going on with me.
( In Case I Get Long-Winded )
