Happier

Well, I did say earlier I was momentarily unhappy. I whined a little just now about not knowing what to do about the computer, and how Best Buy (or rather Geek Squad, which I gather operates as a different company, although I'm not clear on whether it's actually owned by Best Buy or not) was probably going to charge us $200 just to look at it - seriously, that's what it says on their website, more or less - and Rob said, "Maybe we should just buy a new one." With no actual prompting from me whatsoever, although I imagine it's mostly just a matter of knowing when he's defeated. (Also, I think he liked the idea of having two computers and isn't too thrilled about going back to sharing permanently.) I am resisting the urge to go buy one right this minute, though. In a couple of weeks there ought to be some pre-Thanksgiving sales going, wouldn't you think? I'm gonna try to hold out for a decent price, anyway. And figure out how good a computer I actually need, considering this little gaming habit I've developed since I bought the last one.

And I'll keep tinkering with the old one, too. I haven't completely given up yet! But knowing I really have the option of giving up makes me feel much better.

The great disaster (so to speak)

I've been meaning to post this for two days.

Before:


After:


The "after" picture was taken on Tuesday, but I can't say it's really improved substantially since then. We haven't had time to work on it a whole lot.