Okay, so it took me a little longer than I would have wanted it to but I’ve finally got some pictures of the new laptop to show off. I never got around to unplugging the USB chord from the desktop until this afternoon so here they are.

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I’m going to say “melting” is the only literal statement as to how I feel right now. It’s been so hot for the last few days that my whole body is rejecting the heat. My back is bothering me because I can’t sleep in a comfortable position, my leg is acting up for some strange reason because of my bad circulation in my left leg and I’m so close to shaving my head it’s unreal.

I live in a brick building so anyone who knows anything about heat, you’d know that brick usually absorbs sun light and slowly lets it go all night long. In the winter it’s nice because it warms up the house so the heating bill isn’t that high. The problem is it does the same thing in the summer so when it’s 85° outside it’s more or less 90°-95° in the house. When my sister got home from work last night, I had her put my AC in. I was able to sleep comfortably for the first time in a few days. The damage to my back was already done though – I’m sure it will cool down over time.

I’m having a really hard time cracking my back the way I used to. Twisting doesn’t seem to do it anymore. I used to just be able to sit down, twist to the left than the right, and pop everything. Now I’m lucky to get a little pop out of it. Joe used to really do some good there. He would bear hug me, pick me up and shake quick and it would pop everything I needed it to pop. Since that hasn’t been done in over 3 months you can imagine how tense I am.

Digitalcameras.freepay.com
I’m still waiting for the camera site to process my approval form. They said it would take up to four weeks. If my status hasn’t changed by June 1st, I’ll send in another approval form. This time I’ll put tracking information with it so I can assure that they get it. It took me a long time to get all of those referrals together, and now it’s taken even longer for them to approve it. The changes Freepay has made to their network really suck though. I still don’t understand the point in sending them an approval form via snailmail, only to have them process everything on the internet anyway. Computer based is usually much easier, and faster for that matter. I’m sure I’ll actually get it, I just hope it doesn’t take much longer than it already has.

Moving around
I’m outside right now enjoying a semi-cool breeze and a cig. I felt cramped sitting in my room. The point of mobility is to actually move around. I spent the bulk of yesterday moving over the last bits and pieces from my desktop. All of my fonts, adobe/jasc brushes and other items that were important to have with me. I’m refusing to use Outlook for the time being because I’m unable to network it properly. I know it can be done, I just haven’t figured it out yet. The network itself is up and running though. I can easily access the two other computers in the house so it’s easier to move files around. The one thing I keep forgetting to do is get the Limewire download link from my desktop. I’ve been using Limewire pro for quite some time so using anything else is really annoying.

Graphics Block
I’m in the process of working on a WordPress template for someone and I’m having a really shitty experience with it. In my head – the image is absolutely perfect. Trying to draw it out in Adobe is a completely different story. I’m sure I’ll actually get it done but for now it’s proving to be the most annoying thing in the world.

Looking for work
I’ve decided to find myself a part time job off the ‘net. I’m only bringing in about 15k a year and since I’d like to have a car and be moved out of here before 2007, I’m going to have to step it up a notch. It’s my goal to have about 10k saved up before the end of the year and the only way to do that would be to work in an environment where I have a constant flow of having something to do. The ‘net is great, but retail is looking much better right now. I don’t think I’d ever go back to CVS but I’m consideyring Eckerd or FYE. It absolutely has to be something local.

Alicia suggested that I send my resume in to the security company where she’s currently working. It’s $9 an hour and she says it’s a fairly easy job. I’m considering it, but I just have no way of getting to Oyster Bay every day. I know that if her and I worked the same hours she wouldn’t mind bringing me, but the days that she couldn’t would mean waking up my father. This is why I absolutely have to get my own car, so that’s why I need the money. I don’t know, I’m sure I’ll work something out over time.

In any event. I’m going to finish my cig then go lay down in my room. It’s much cooler in there than it is anywhere else and that’s just where I’d like to be right now.

So I’m happy to announce that this is my first mobile blog. It’s so mobile to the point that I’m working security with Alicia tonight and there’s someone in the area who doesn’t know how to password protect their network. It’s not a strong connection but it’s enough to keep me entertained.

I have most of my programs installed, I still have a lot of files transfer over though. I forgot that you only have about 40 default windows fonts, I have to transfer the 5k or so from my computer when I get home later.

The router was a bitch to setup though, it would NOT read the network for the life of me. It’s all squared away now though. I spent the bulk of the afternoon outside rubbing it in that I was wireless and my neighbor wasn’t. Since there’s a new network in the house, her laptop went a little nutty trying to connect. I was amused, she was upset…that was good enough for me.

I’ve got excellent battery life on this thing too. I was outside for about three hours downloading and only used up about 10% of my battery so that worked out nicely. Right now I’ve still got about 85% left and this is after I installed all of my programs so that definitely works for me.

I have pictures, but the camera isn’t with me so I’ll have to upload them later. I tried getting a pic of the delivery guy because I was just so damn giddy but he wouldn’t, so that’s ok.

I didn’t pay much attention to Bella today, I was too busy playing with my new toy. I played with her all morning though. I knew that once FedEx showed up that I’d be preoccupied.

It was like Christmas today though. The laptop showed up and then a few hours later the table showed up. I didn’t even hear UPS pull up this time, he just dropped off the table and left. So I setup the table, threw the cloth on it and now my patio is about 80% complete. I’m just waiting on the Roll-n-Grow to show up and then I’ll pick up the flower boxes. I know it takes 4-6 weeks for them to kick in so we’ll see what happens there. I don’t even think I was charged for them yet because my credit statements aren’t reading anything. It was only $30 though so that’ll click in soon enough.

In any event, the signal is getting weak so I’m gonna head off.

Toodles

[update] – As of May 26, 2006 @ 8:45 AM, my laptop is on FedEx vehicle for delivery — WEEE!!! Estimated Arrival Time: 10:30 AM [/update]

Okay, since I’m home now I figured I could actually go back to writing my original post. I was in the middle of typing it when I was in the car with Alicia but then the car died so that’s what happened there.

In reference to a previous comment – I don’t know if it’s Nextel dial up service, I just know it plugs into the side of the laptop and it gives you a Dial-up/DSL type of connection through a cell phone. It’s not actually plugged into the cell phone though, I don’t really know the name of the service I just know it’s through Sprint/Nextel and very bulky.

I already had an email telling me how dumb I was for posting the last entry. See, here’s the thing. I know jack shit about cars. Yes, my sitting there on the computer while we both looked at each other in total confusion was probably the wrong thing to do but she didn’t care. So when you send an email to me telling me how ‘stupid’ I am “Tina” I suggest you learn to think things through before you give your two cents.

Her cars running fine, she thinks it’s a computer issue. We weren’t doing ANYTHING and then for some reason the car just would not turn over. She fully shut the car down, got out of it, locked it and let it sit for a minute. She unlocked, got back in and then everything seemed to be working fine. The weird thing was that the clock reset itself, so tomorrow she’s bringing it to the shop to have it looked at.

I believe I’m going to be with her again tomorrow night as well. See, her fiancé usually does the security stuff but for the next 5 days or so he’s going to be working at a fair out east, so she’s covering his shift in Hicksville. She asked me to come along to keep her company, and I don’t mind because I don’t want her sitting by herself in an abandoned lot until midnight anyway so that’s fine with me.

On another note, my FedEx tracking updated and my laptop is currently departing from Anchorage, Alaska. The exact status is Departed FedEx location. I’m excited, its coming a lot quicker than I thought it would so maybe it will actually be here on Friday morning. I won’t mind that at all, this means I have a full weekend to relax in bed while I’m nursing myself back to health.

As I said a few entries ago, I was rather sick this weekend. To the point that not even water wanted to stay down and it was driving me insane. I felt fine for a little while. I had a drink at Alicia’s last night and it kind of made my stomach a little over active. Dinner tonight though, totally killed me.

We stopped at a pizza place down by the site and picked up some Manicotti. The first problem we had with it was the fact that two dinners, six mozzarella sticks and two 16oz soda’s cost freaking $38, which makes no sense to me considering it says $7.50 on the wall. So even then it should only be like $30 at most, so that was annoying. The food itself kind of sucked. My stomach is absolutely killing me right now too. So my bed is definitely calling my name.

There haven?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t been any updates on my table yet. I’m a little concerned though. According to Kmart’s website the table weight is 30lbs, according to UPS tracking its telling me that it’s 70lbs. I also just received an email telling me that I was credited for $13.14; meanwhile I requested the refund on the FULL price of the table. So I’m going to have to call up Kmart tomorrow and raise a big stink. I know I ordered the new table but unless they’re voiding that second order and just transferring funds, I have no idea what’s going on. I would like this resolved as soon as possible because at this point I’ve spent over $100 for a table that cost $25.I was refunded for the shipping, it takes 10 days for them to reprocess the order to refund the rest. :whew:

In any event, I’m going to bed so I can wake up bright and early and bitch out some Kmart support members.

Goodnight all.

So I’m working security with Alicia tonight and we’ve been sitting here for about 3 hours chatting away with basically nothing to do. I’m only online now because of the oh so nifty Nextel wireless internet thingie plugged into the side of her computer.

We went to make a break for it and the car won’t turn on. The lights and everything go on but it won’t turn over, which is something that makes absolutely no sense. She’s in the process of calling AAA so that we can get someone out here to figure out what’s going on. Her fiance is about an hour away working security at another site so its not like he can come out here and do anything for us either. It’s something neither of us understand.

It’s funny though, a few minutes ago she was telling me to write a post about how much she loves me and would fuck me like no tomorrow. Welp, I guess we have all the time in the world now, don’t we?

UT It turned on, that was FREAKISHLY WEIRD.

Gotta go!