Upgrading

After many trials and tribulations, I finally convinced my father that I need to get a new laptop as soon as possible because this one isn't going to last me through Graduation like we'd hoped. It's a great machine but it's over three and a half years old and it's not really upgradable so it's just time for a new one. Since I didn't want to risk some horrible crash ending in me losing all of my schoolwork, I decided to get one sooner than later. After much discussion of brands and specs with my dad (with help from the wonderful Tim), we finally agreed on and bought my new laptop--a Dell Vostro 1500. It's got a great processor, memory, graphics card (amazing for a laptop), display, and pretty much everything else I could want. We agreed that I'd pay about a third of the cost, which I can get to him over the course of the next two months or so. It's going to be a bit heavier than my current laptop, but I've decided to buy a lightweight laptop backpack as soon as I can afford it to help disperse the weight and encourage me to carry it around. The computer should arrive to the apartment in Olympia before I leave to go home for Christmas, and that would be ideal, but I'll survive either way. I can spend break installing and reorganizing and all that fun stuff. With any luck this computer will last me until I've been in grad school a couple of years. We'll see.

Also, Wren and Daryl took me out to the mall today to buy my birthday present from all of the housemates. We got this amazing comforter that's black microsuede on one side and tan striped on the other, and it comes with two pillows and a throw pillow of the same materials. I'll definitely have to look into getting some nice tan sheets to go with the whole ensemble. The comforter is a King so it'll be huge even on the Queen-sized bed in the apartment, but I think it'll look all right and it'll be comfy. Hopefully it'll last a long time and contribute to both Trevor's and my comfort. Thank you, housemates!