Playing Catch Up... Part 3

January 1st, 2010!!!!
- You know, despite the goal for the day, I still woke up like it was any other day. Well not JUST any other day. Any other Daddy day. :) And even after getting ready, Dad and I started off our day like usual, with breakferast. :) Actually, no. This time we brought in our books to read while waiting for our food. That was actually very nice. Yeah, I'ma dorky reader. Sit me down in a nice enough environment with my book and I'm happy. :P
- We looked at one store, but due to the fact that it was, y'know, a holiday, it was closed. So on to Best Buy we went. I think we spent at least an hour there. Looking at computers that Dad would have liked for himself, and comparing comps that'd be useful for me. Okay, apart from asking if I could have the larger monitor, I wasn't gonna ask for anything beyond your basic comp. Cuz, let's face it, just about anything was better than what I had. And even the basic basic was gonna be more than what I'd need.
- After a while of looking around and then talking to a sales rep, we settled on a computer and package stuff... Grand total was... :o Well, I'm not gonna say, but HUGE thank you, Daddy. I won't be asking for anything for a long long while. I thought computers were getting cheaper... But then, we also got software (Microsoft Office and Anti Virus) and they set it up for me (updates and virus installs) and again, the slightly bigger monitor... It adds up, really quickly, y'know?
- While they worked on the computer, we hung out at Dad's house and watched a movie or two..... Dunno what we watched now though.... All those Christmas movies just blended in all together after a while.
- Picked up the computer and made a quick-ish stop at a market... Always stopping at a market or store....
- On the way home we hit this one lil Messican food place we (Mom, Josh, and I) used to frequent waaaay back when we lived in Anaheim. They made these awesome burritos and taquitos and nachos... Num num numnum....'
- Man, after the long day of fun and thrill of computer shopping and good food.... I was soooo tired at the end of the day... Too tired even to take my new baby out of the boxes!

January 2, 2010
- Busy, busy day... :D That actually got started with a call while I was sleeping from Nana... She wanted to drive Mom to her dentist appointment. :P But A- she wanted to cancel cuz her mouth was still too swollen to open and B- they cancelled on her anyway due to emergency of some sort...
- I took apart (unplugged) my old computer....cleaning it and the desk as I went. Man was everything dusty! I left it on the dining room table, so we had access to it.
- Then the fun began.... I took my new baby out of the boxes and wrappngs and hooked it up. :D I even installed Microsoft Office all by myself. :P
- Unfortunately, I proceded to waste hours on toying with settings.... As in desktop... screen saver.... That kind of silly nonesense. :P
- Dad came over after work to see if he could move my secondary hard drive, the one with the pics, music, and vids on it... Alas, it was the wrong fit. Ah well.. It did seem silly to put such a tiny hard drive next to my now teragig primary drive. :P So I'm moving my stuff over lil by lil.

January 3rd, 2010
- I continued messing with settings and moving files and organizing files, I'd moved, and downloading programs, and .... y'know, typical new comp stuff. :P
- With Dad coming over for din din again, I had to QUICKLY move the computer off the dining table and clean it so we could all enjoy some more tasty messican food. :D
- After dindin, Dad and I ran to the market and Target for some items... Joy. :P Mom and her darn lists. :P
- Daddy thankfully fixed it so I could hear again.. I was scared I'd broken something already. But no, it was probably me accidently checking something that I shouldn't have. Le whoops?

January 4th, 2010
- I did more of that fun organizing and new compy stuff... like starting to add favorite links... That's proving to be an on going job... after this I am SO saving a list of links somewhere.. like in an email again...

January 5th, 2010
- Yesterday, I did more new compy stuff...
- I checked over the household bills, paid one of my own, and AND.... talked to a customer service rep for my cell bill and got it cut more than in half! I rule! :D Made paying some bills much easier. :D
- After the awesomeness, I got ready for Target Tuesday! :D Sady, the trip wasn't what Dad would have liked... Darn them for not putting more movies on sale. :P
- We ran into a co-worker friend of his at a burger joint. It's a small world after all? :P Bah, no way... Dad runs into people he knows ALL the time. :P
- Anywho, we enjoyed a good meal. Mom got chicken cuz she still hasn't gone to the dentist and it's easier for her to eat. :P
- After Dad left, I added TONS of my old favorite links. Almost added them all now... :D But I took some time to just enjoy the new compy too! Like IMing friends. :D

Tomorrow....errr... Today, after I wake up.... I'll probably add the remainder of my fave links.... At some point, I'll move the old comp to the dining table again to move the files.... And oh yes... soon-ish I need to take down Christmas decorations. :P Well.... We'll see how productive I am... Seeing as how it'll be late when I go to bed today. :P And I'm starting to watch tapes of my recorded shows again.... And I make myself do one Sudoku puzzle and read one chapter a day before getting onto the comp.... to keep my brain working. :P So... Wish me luck! :P


NOTE: Editted to note that it was Anti-virus software not Virus software. Better Daddy? :P