August 4th, 2008
“Sold!” I said and immediately I felt sweaty. My heart began to race and I instantly wondered if I could take it back.
I will be able to pay for this.
I will not be in trouble from Mike; he didn’t put up a fight when we talked about it before.
I’ve wanted to do this for ages. I just have to bite the bullet and actually do it.
Where the hell is Heather when I need her? I wanna enjoy this. I should enjoy this.
I deserve it.
I deserve it.
I deserve it, don’t I?
All thoughts running through my head at the time, yet still didn’t make me feel any better.
Sweaty. Oh. So Sweaty.
I hate making big purchases. I clam up, get sweaty (did I mention sweaty?) and all flustered. I second, triple and fourth (?) guess the purchase over and over while trying to justify it repeatedly. I think of all the things that this money could have bought. What this money should have bought. Eventually I just have to stop listening to myself and pay more attention to my credit card that is begging to be removed from my wallet and have its stripe gently rubbed against the long slot of a card reader.
Saturday, I bite the bullet and just dove in and did it.
I splurged and bought myself a new laptop. (added: It’s an HP, guess I should have mentioned that.)
A bright new shiny laptop. I have yet to have a moment to show it some love, but I intend to. Boy, do I ever intend to.
I wanna rub up against it, whisper sweet nothings into its speakers, gaze into its webcam and profess my love to its processor. I wanna fondle the keys and stroke the touch pad while I dream of the eternal love we will show each other.
Dear brand new laptop; you complete me.
Whilst shopping for my newly beloved, I also bought an external hard drive. After my dear Karly recently lost her pictures of the past four years of her children’s lives I began to panic about all the images I had saved on my desktop that was 3 years old and could fail me at any time. Not to mention all the designs and programs I have on there: I’d be royally fucked (and not in a good way) if I lost all that.
So. Here I sit with my beloved, IN MY LIVING ROOM with my children.
I feel like a better parent now that I don’t have my back to them anymore!
Hallelujah for new laptops and better parenting!
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Please keep any comments pretaining to my parenting to yourself I am totally joking. Hudson doesn’t even watch television and Carter is playing outside alone - so he can’t even see the back of my head anyway.
And make sure you visit my post about changing the name of this site. Have your chance to weigh in - should the name change?
Is it a Mac?
mamatulip’s last blog post..Boxing
August 4th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Nope. I’m not that sophisticated - I’m still wearing shorts from grade nine, aren’I? It’s an HP - still love it though!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Lucky duck new laptop, enjoy.
Jess’s last blog post..Very Manic Monday
August 4th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Shit.
I have a laptop.
But no one told me I wasn’t supposed to sit with my back to my kids while using it.
Miss Britt’s last blog post..I am too tired to write this post well, but I wanted you to know…
August 4th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Bad Britt. That’s the first rule of neglectful parenting!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Lucky girl. I’ve been begging for a laptop for years. My husband seems to think he needs to pay bills instead. Selfish.
Enjoy!
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August 4th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Ooh, congrats! I absolutely love my laptop. Just be prepared to spend a lot more time on the computer! And I’m glad I inspired someone to back up. I’m going to go sit in the corner and sob now that you’ve reminded me about THE PICTURES OF MY PRECIOUS BABIES. Gone. They are all gone. SOB!
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August 4th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
I just got a new laptop as well - must be the buying season!
And I totally get what you’re saying here. About the sweating. And freaking out. And buyers remorse (sort of) while simultaneously
humpingloving your new purchase.That’s totally me. We replaced our Mac desktop with a PC laptop, and actually made money on the deal, and I was still beating myself up over it.
August 4th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
There’s nothing quite like the feel of a new rig.
Cracking open the semi-clandestine Add/Remove Programs and getting rid of all the auto-add junk that you’ll never use.
The hours of Microsoft Update that you run before installing anything to make sure you have no conflicts.
The mad panic three weeks from now when you realize that you forgot to install that essential utility, and you’re not online so you can’t get the download.
Ah… good times.
SciFi Dad’s last blog post..Worst Son In The World
August 5th, 2008 at 8:49 am
A new laptop is totally worth it! I want to buy a new one for the hub.
Mrs Mogul’s last blog post..Gee! What fugly maternity dress should I wear today?
August 5th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Doesn’t everyone get flustered making big purchases? I know I do.
In a few days, you’ll be over the flusteredness and will be dry humping your computer too!
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August 7th, 2008 at 7:01 am