Things have been going pretty well for the last few days. The new computer arrived (in full) on Thursday. XP was installed and the ram was put in. The monitor is an absolutely GORGEOUS quality which makes me very happy. I haven’t had the chance to actually use it though. The boyfriend set it up for me and he had to do some work. After laying down for a little while I decided it would be best just not to be on it so I figure when I get home next week I’ll sit down and play with it. I need to load my external drive into it and then get to work on getting everything important onto it and then getting a lot of shit off my laptop. I need to figure out how to link Outlook express but I figured I’ll just leave everything email based on the laptop and then just use the desktop for programs that take up a lot of space like the Adobe Suite and what not.

I took Bella with me this time. Every time I come down here I wind up missing her after a few days so thankfully she did very well in the car and now she’s actually doing well in a house she’s not used to. There were a couple of little accidents but nothing too serious to worry about. It was mainly excitement based accidents. She’s laying down by the window right now…snoring her head off.

It’s been uncomfortably warm the past few days (considering it’s January for crying out loud!). I can’t wait until a cold front comes through and I can go back to not dying before I go to bed. Last night the boyfriend and I had quite a bit of trouble falling asleep because I was just too warm to get comfortable and I’m sure it was driving him crazy that I was moving around so much. Bella plopped herself down in the window and since there was a light breeze I assume that she was OK for the night.

In any event, I think I’m going to finish up with my email checks and then lay down for a little while. I (for a change) got a full 8 hours of sleep last night but for some reason I’m actually pretty tired tonight. Considering Bella’s snoring her head off…I figure I can easily just roll over without having to worry about her pouncing all over me to play.

Later all.

I’ve been pretty busy for the last few days. I did want to update earlier but ehh…shit happens, right?

I’m waiting (almost too patiently at this point) for my computer to get here. I kind of went all out on this one and it didn’t even cost me very much at all. I decided that with all the issues I’m having with my laptop…HP just wasn’t worth it anymore. I got myself a custom build from company named CybertronPC. By default it doesn’t come with a lot, but that’s OK because I’ve purchased more ram for it. It came with an 80GB hard drive, which I know doesn’t seem like much but I have an 80GB external hard drive as well as a 120GB drive from my last computer that will all be loaded in so I’m damn sure I’ll be set for space…you know? Later on down the road I’ll upgrade the ram, I figure if it’s mainly going to be used for graphics, as well as be running all the time as a network based server…I’ll need maybe 2 gigs instead of 1 so that’ll be OK. With this computer comes a new keyboard and mouse but considering I’m extremely happy with my old keyboard I’ll just use that one. I bought a new mouse from Logitech because I prefer their company when it comes to input devices. I also bought myself a 17″ LCD so I can still have enough room on my desk for my laptop whenever I happen to be using that. Everything is going to be networked so I can still get to my files from no matter what computer I’m on. After this weekend there will be four in the house. My sister got one for Christmas, the one that’s in the living room and then my two. Talk about PC nerds…eh? In total everything only ran me about $620 and I get about $80 back as far as Mail-in Rebates are concerned so I guess it wasn’t such a bad deal…right? I got the computer, ram, new mouse, mouse pad and monitor – not a bad deal at all!

I’ve been really busy cleaning for the last few days. I realized a few days after I bought the new computer that my desk was over-grown with useless papers and books. I also cleaned out my dresser as well as my closet. I managed to throw out quite a bit of clothing which is perfectly fine because I really needed to do it. It’s nice having practically nothing in there but it reminds me that I have some shopping to do sometime over the next couple of weeks. I’ll be going through Delaware to get to Maryland so I’m sure I’ll take advantage on the No Sales Tax aspect of things…he-he.

Other than cleaning I’ve been finishing up some accounts, gotta make money somehow. I’ve also managed to get the new template for AGn-Solutions up and running. I’m in the process of working on a new one for AGN-Designs because it’s been a while since I’ve done anything there and I have quite a few templates to add to the portfolio anyway. Hopefully I’ll be able to get the Templates section up and running so I can finally start selling the pre-made’s that have been sitting on my computer for the last six months.

In any event, it’s getting kind of late and since I know I’ll be up very early on Friday I’m going to be changing my sleep schedule over so I’m going to get myself ready for bed and hopefully if everything works out OK I’ll be knocked out by 2am, tomorrow it’s my goal to be knocked out by midnight and the same goes for Thursday this way I can be ready to leave the house by maybe 11:30 (at the latest) on Friday morning. :: crosses fingers::

I’ll return comments when I get the chance. I know I’m pretty behind on them, sorry guys.

It’s been a pretty messed up couple of days for me. The drive down on Friday was nice. My tooth was a little sore but that was expected considering I chipped it recently. By Saturday I was basically drowning it in Ambesol, and by Saturday night I was in the emergency room because it looked as though I had a golf ball tucked in my cheek.

After Antibiotics, being shot with a pain killer and downing two Percocets – they sent me home. Supposedly I walked into a door and then passed out a few minutes after my head hit the bed. Before that, I guess I was amusing the boyfriend because he had quite a bit to laugh about the next morning.

He went to the store for me and picked up my prescriptions. I’m on 500 MG of Penicillin, which I have to take four times a day. I’m also on Hydrocodone/APAP at a 5MG/500MG dosage. I can only take one to two every 4-6 hours as needed. So far, thanks to the antibiotics, I haven’t really had to take the Hydrocodone, so at least I’m not fucked up on pain killers. Hydrocodone is the generic version of Vicodin. It?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s the same dosage but cheaper, as most generics usually are.

I spent most of Sunday being knocked out. I spent Monday with the boyfriends entire family but was a little woozy during it so by the time we got back to the house I was ready to knock out. I guess it takes prescription in order to get me to sleep for more than five hours a night. It’s strange waking up and feeling over-rested…if that’s even possible.

Today I was feeling a little bit better so I did some email checks (I’m still going through them) and then I did some cleaning. I figure if I’m going to be here for a while then the least I can do is straighten up around me so I can be comfortable. Things look pretty good in-house, I also raked some leaves and cleaned out the boyfriends car. Now I’m exhausted and figured I’d update the blog considering a few emails that I read today noted that they thought I was dead until they saw my comment on the previous entry.

I’m going to head back to work and get this client out of the way so I can handle all of the hosting based things. I know I’m very behind there, so much so that a few domain expired and I’ve got people screaming at me.

Heaven forbid I get sick…right?

A few weeks ago I accidentally dropped my clip board onto my laptop screen. Because of this, I have a scratch in the monitor. Now, when I purchased my laptop I thought that with my warranty I’d be covered for all screen issues. I could care less that there’s a small scratch on my laptop keyboard because #1 – That was my fault, #2 it’s not noticeable to anyone unless you really look.

I called up HP a few moments ago and after dealing with one of those useless yes/no phone bots, I was finally connected to a representative that doesn’t speak a word of English but insists her name is “Donna”. After straining to understand her I was finally giving her my serial number, product number and phone number so she could bring up my account.

I told her that there is a scratch on the screen. It has not effected anything mechanically, I can still see everything behind it. It’s just the protective layer. I figured this would be an easy fix…but I was wrong.

It took her three times of repeating herself for me to understand the cost for this fix. A whopping $290. I blinked and said “Pardon? I thought this was under the warranty.” She went on to say “No, you have no accidental damage coverage.”

So I sat there for a second and went on to say that about 5 months ago my laptop was shipped back to HP (with no problems) when there was a bug floating around my screen. The lady went on to tell me that a bug in the screen isn’t really accidental damage. So I’m confused. It’s not like I intentionally put the bug in my screen. And it’s not like I intentionally dropped my clipboard on the monitor either.

She went on to tell me that it’s $290 and I’ll have to pay that in order for the laptop to even be returned to me. So this means when it shows up there they’ll fix it and hold it captive until I pay up. Sorry, that’s not going to happen. I’m not even going to bother sending it in now.

I’ve gotten used to the scratch, so it isn’t effecting me as much as one with huge line in their monitor would think. I can still see everything I need to see and there are no ‘dead zones’ on the monitor anyway. I want to assume that if there are dead pixels on the monitor that would be covered under the warranty, I have about 6 of them now. I figure if I can get myself up to 10 of them than I can just send it back to HP and it will resolve the scratch as well.

See…there’s always ways to get around things.

I am a bit disappointed in HP though. For a company that’s held in such high regard by many computer savvy nerds, they sure do cut cost by out sourcing all of their support to another country. If they could be smart and just move the support during normal business hours back to the states, I think it would work out better for everyone. It would be nice, for a damn change, to speak to someone who knows more English than what’s put onto a post-it note on the monitor in front of them.

It was my goal to send out my laptop this week because I’m leaving on Friday to spend a week (maybe more) with the boyfriend. Because of this, I have no real need for my laptop to be with me. He has a few computers and he’s nice enough to let me use one of them whenever I need it. I figured that while he’s doing his own thing on one computer during the day, I can just do some quick email based shit on the other and go from there. I wasn’t expecting to have my laptop with me full time next week so I guess I’ll just have to set myself up and leave it there while I work.

I’m finally on top of all of my emails. I’m in the process of emailing the final person now. It’s hard to get ahead when I keep going away for weeks at a time and have limited ‘net access or computer access in general. There’s also my issue of getting lazy, to be honest. If I’m sitting in the living room at my aunts house it’s hard to stay awake. While the couch is broken and very uncomfortable…you’re basically stuck in a hole that you can easily drift off to sleep in. When you’ve got that going on, plus Figgie sitting on top of you falling asleep himself…it’s just not easy to get anything done.

My new luggage is here, I’m slowly packing things up. I figure since I’m leaving on Friday I can easily pack up a few clothes and other items here and there. All of my hair care and other are usually in one place anyway so I just threw them into the bag and when it comes to my hair I’m basically living out of a suitcase LOL.

It’s about 5:40 and I guess I should go start dinner. Not sure what I’m in the mood to make but I’m sure I’ll be able to find something somewhere.

Later gators.