Frustrated...

Apparently my friend is loving her new lap top while I sit and type on a computer that crashes every 5 minutes. Really, I built a computer from scratch 2 years ago and now it’s just a paper weight. I gave up on it about a month ago and decided to purchase a new one. Well, 22 days later and they still have not shipped the dang thing. It’s from a reputable company, so I don’t have to get worried that it’s never going to show up, but the thing is I want my computer. I wanted and expected it about a week ago, and I’m still sitting at home with the POS.

Now, I’m pretty sure they are going to finish this up in the next day or two and that’s not to bad, but I’m going on vacation on Thursday and I’m going to be out for a week. Given the ship time, it should be at my house around the time I’m sitting in a cabin at the top of a mountain. I’m really just frustrated with the whole thing because I don’t know if the package is going to need to be signed for or what. If they leave it on the front porch and it does not get stolen, my roommate can bring it in and that won’t be a problem. If the package needs to be signed for, then I don’t know what I need to do.

Ugh…if they just had not had their production delays this never would have been an issue and I could be transferring stuff right now.

My only satisfaction comes from the fact that when I build my computer on their website again, it comes out more expensive than what I actually paid for it. I had about a $150 discount that is not being offered anymore. So, at least I have that going for me.

Oh well….

Tech Envy...

I’m going to cave and buy an Iphone.

I believe I’m going thought some midlife crisis to better my self thought material possessions. Now I realize that there is no actual way to do this and that by making all of these purchases I’m actually taking away from my quality of life, but I can’t seem to stop. I keep picking up the check book and throwing money around. Some how I believe the next great purchase will complete me. Let’s look at the things that I have decided to purchase

Iphone
New bad-ass computer
HDTV for the bedroom
GPS for Hiking (I don’t hike much)
SLR Camera and tripod
PS3 (cause it’s also a blue ray player, and I have the HDTV)
Back pack (for a day trip hike)
New/Used car (ok…this I really did need…the other one was 10+ yr old)

Really, I needed all of these things. I figured that If I keep telling myself that, I’ll feel better about all of it. Really, though… I think I use the excuse of, Now that I have these things, I don’t have to worry about getting them in the future. Does that make any sense….do you ever sit around thinking….dang…If I had only brought my blue ray player?

Simple beginnings

Ok, so here I sit. New job, new girl friend, and a new blog. As one of my friends so eloquently pointed out, I have not written in over two years. I’m not really sure why, but I think it’s just one of those habit things.

The hurricane is hitting us right now as we speak, and I don’t think I have ever seen a nice soft rain like we are seeing now. Seriously, the storm is bringing in the much needed moisture that we have been missing. The funny thing is people are freaking out. Store shelves have been emptied out all over town. Seriously people, this was a category one Hurricane. All the storm is going to do is cause some minor flooding in areas that flood when the sprinklers are left on for to long.

At my house it was hardly even raining so I drove to work like normal. The roads were practically empty, visibility was high and it was barely raining. I get here only to find out that everything is closed down. Oh well, I guess we’ll count this as a snow day. We don’t get snow, so this is our excuse for a day off.

Now I need to go finish up some work…