| it's everything i hoped it would be and more |
[Jul. 30th, 2008|10:04 am] |
so it seems that if i put off purchases long enough... i lose the ability to hold out for "less expensive" and just take the plunge no matter the cost. on the verizon website (and in the flyer for the "free" treo), it was cheap because it included signing up for the data plan. i don't want the data plan. i don't want to save $100 now in order to pay $30 a month for the next two years... that's not a good deal to me. so i put out for the phone.
but i fucking love it.
it has everything i wanted in a new phone and more. and there are very few downsides - the only one i can think of offhand is that the camera is not as nice as the camera in my old phone... but that's balanced with the fact that i can take TWENTY MINUTES of video if i so choose. damn. anyway, i have my phone, my calendar, my task list (with priorities and categories for home, work, and school), text messages that show up like gmail with the conversations all together, the ability to edit word and excel documents and view .pdfs... my new phone has it all. now i just have to wait and see if kurt's new PDA will sync with the same palm software. keep your fingers crossed for me.
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in other news, i'm dog-sitting this week for my mother-in-law. many of you who know me will know that i'm essentially a dog hater. the only dogs in this world that i enjoy being around are susie's dog, sophie, and my mother-in-law's little dog, leo.
but even with leo i was a little frustrated the first day or so because he is soooo timid. he wouldn't even walk out the back door to go outside so i had to pick him up and carry him and then once outside he was too nervous to pee. too nervous to pee? that sounds like an oxymoron because most nervous dogs tend to piddle when they get excited. little leo though managed to hold out for 24 hours before finally letting go. i think the trick to getting him to loosen up was letting him sleep in my room, which i'm now paying for with the stuffy nose, itchy eyes, and scratchy throat (but they go away after i take my allergy meds for the day). last night he even ate food (in the middle of the night and woke me up but hey, at least he's now eating and i don't have to worry about him starving to death).
the cats still aren't thrilled and, unfortunately, they have begun to get a little less timid themselves. the first day or so they would keep their distance and just stare at him and hiss if he came close. now they're getting up close on purpose and hissing at him. poor leo. but i feel bad for them because they're obviously jealous of all the attention he's getting.
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in other news, it's the last week of the summer semester. i'm happy about it but also a little sad because it means my summer is over in another few weeks and it will be back to the high stress crazy-grind of fall semester... a semester in which i am taking the most credits i have ever attempted. we'll see if i have to drop any.
i'm getting a lot done while kurt is at camp this week. painting the trim on the garage, caulking the bathtub, running five million errands and working a bit (tech support at the agency). unfortunately caulking the bathtub means i can't shower until tomorrow, or after 8:30 pm tonight if i get desperate. but the mold is gone! no more hard water stains either!
now i'm off to bath in the sink (if only i were my favorite childhood book character, thumbilina) and go make some money. |
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