Back in (not) black.
May. 18th, 2005 11:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
osarabaI'm not wearing any black today; it's very disturbing. I feel very odd and poser-ish (which I suppose is better than feeling comfortable with this).
Monday and Tuesday I was working at the store again because Fay is on vacation all of this week and I told them, before I started working at the UN, that I'd have to have those two days free. It was actually a huge relief -- I never thought I'd say I was happy and relieved to be working at the store, but I was. It's so stress-free there. Not that I'm under a huge amount of stress at the UN or anything, but everyone else is, I guess, and it makes for a somewhat tense atmosphere (at least, that's what I pick up on). But now I'm back at my desk at the UN, back to posting on LJ. =D
In some exciting news, I've ordered a laptop from Dell; a nice little present to myself for my birthday. They had a sale on laptops and I got mine at 25% off. The base price of the Inspiron 6000 was $1288 ($966 after discount), but with my customizations and several accessories, it came to around $1500. The only thing that I don't like about the one I got is that it's a little over 6.5 pounds. I would have liked the 600m (the one Angelica got), which is only about 5 pounds, but the 6000 has more USB ports, a faster processor/bigger cache and a longer-lasting battery. So I guess I'll just deal with the extra poundage. It will be nice to be able to check my mail from my room -- finally! (I think this means I'll be updating LJ more often!) I might even take up writing again. Actually, that would be quite nice. I miss it; Duo doesn't talk to me as much as he used to (although he's by no means gone from my head).
[EDIT: Angelica told me about a coupon that was put up today at slickdeals.net for $600 off selected laptops, so I called Dell, cancelled my order and re-ordered the same exact thing again online, this time with the $600 off coupon and so ended up saving an additional $130! Yay!]
Monday and Tuesday I was working at the store again because Fay is on vacation all of this week and I told them, before I started working at the UN, that I'd have to have those two days free. It was actually a huge relief -- I never thought I'd say I was happy and relieved to be working at the store, but I was. It's so stress-free there. Not that I'm under a huge amount of stress at the UN or anything, but everyone else is, I guess, and it makes for a somewhat tense atmosphere (at least, that's what I pick up on). But now I'm back at my desk at the UN, back to posting on LJ. =D
In some exciting news, I've ordered a laptop from Dell; a nice little present to myself for my birthday. They had a sale on laptops and I got mine at 25% off. The base price of the Inspiron 6000 was $1288 ($966 after discount), but with my customizations and several accessories, it came to around $1500. The only thing that I don't like about the one I got is that it's a little over 6.5 pounds. I would have liked the 600m (the one Angelica got), which is only about 5 pounds, but the 6000 has more USB ports, a faster processor/bigger cache and a longer-lasting battery. So I guess I'll just deal with the extra poundage. It will be nice to be able to check my mail from my room -- finally! (I think this means I'll be updating LJ more often!) I might even take up writing again. Actually, that would be quite nice. I miss it; Duo doesn't talk to me as much as he used to (although he's by no means gone from my head).
[EDIT: Angelica told me about a coupon that was put up today at slickdeals.net for $600 off selected laptops, so I called Dell, cancelled my order and re-ordered the same exact thing again online, this time with the $600 off coupon and so ended up saving an additional $130! Yay!]
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Date: 2005-05-18 03:23 pm (UTC)Are you doing anything special on Sunday for your birthday? I'll post my birthday wishes in my LJ then. ♥
Duo doesn't talk to me as much as he used to (although he's by no means gone from my head).
I'll have to encourage him to talk to you more. He misses you!
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Date: 2005-05-18 09:36 pm (UTC)Not doing anything special on Sunday -- I'm working at the store. =( But I will anticipate your post!
I think your encouragement will do wonders. Duo's very fond of you, Sharon; I'm sure of it. ^_~