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 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. ^_~