Yes, indeed it HAS been a while since I last posted. The tummy is better now – and thanks to all who expressed concern, especially since my last post sat up front and center for the last two months declaring that things were not all well in tummy land.
My only two excuses for not posting in the last two months are these: 1. I’ve had THREE head colds and ONE case of the flu in these two months; and 2. My trusty, faithful laptop became direly infested with viruses that insisted on connecting to some Russian website every time I went online. So I stopped going online, and took some time to examine our meager finances and decide whether a new, uninfested laptop could be justified. Since I’m posting an entry today, I clearly decided that I could justify a new laptop, and am now writing on my spiffy new Swiss Army knife-red Dell Inspiron, bought quite cheaply at Staples. [A little editorial note here: I cannot say enough good things about Staples: their prices were phenomenal, and they promptly replaced the first, defective laptop they sent me, without question and with good cheer. The most pleasant shopping experience I’ve had in quite a while!]
It may take me a week or so to get back into the swing of posting entries, as I spend a little time learning Windows 7 and also catching up on all that library work that I do from home in my free time (another downside to losing my old laptop was that I got behind in the free-time library work), but I promise to do my best to get back up to speed. Cheers, and hope everyone is enjoying the spring so far!
Welcome back, Abs! We missed you! Congrats on the new red laptop…I’ll pass the word on to Caroline who is in the market for a new one and encourage her to look at Staples!
Red laptop? How delightfully mid-life-crisis.
And we want photos of you holding the laptop!
Hmm. I have a red can opener, scissors with red handles, and a red kitchen step stool. Are those midlife crises indicators too?
My trusty old laptop fell victim to a similar disease; and, as you know, I purchased a new windows 7 laptop which I am learning how to use. It only took me three days to get used to W7 and to solve the only major problem – getting the new machine to communicate with my four year old wireless router. Life is good again and a pox upon the evil people who launch viruses onto the internet. Mine is black and was made by HP.
Dad
Actually, I think I had my mid-life crisis about six years ago…
The redness of the laptop can be attributed to:
my annual end-of-winter thirst for color
and
if you can get a laptop in red instead of boring black, why the heck not? (I also seriously considered blue or pink, but I know that Jim has a particular fondness for red, and that was the deciding vote for the red one.)
So there.
Abby! I was so happy to see a new entry! I was actually getting worried and was debating calling the library or emailing you at some point, as I couldn’t just drop in. Glad to hear you’re doing well!
Alyson! So funny that you posted a comment today – just this morning Jim said to me, “What’s up with Alyson? You haven’t mentioned her in a while!”
Hope you’re having a fantastic semester abroad!