I will admit that one of my first thoughts was "what about my blog?" And more than one friend asked me what would happen to this blog while I wait for my new computer. My friend, and former running buddy, K offered her old Inspiron to me until the replacement comes. Thank you K! She does read this blog pretty regularly, so I think she just wanted the posts to keep coming. :)
The Mister has been telling me to back up all my important things for the last couple months or so. We knew that my laptop was on borrowed time- I had seen the blue screen of death more times then I can count and sometimes it would just freeze and shut down. But, I didn't listen to him. I have to say that he was right. I am pretty bummed about the things that I lost, but I do feel fortunate that I graduated grad school in June, so there wasn't anything that I have to turn in or anything. Although, I would like some of those papers back.
There is one more thing that makes me a little sad about losing that laptop. You see, the Mister and I met online. Not on Match or eHarmony, no- we met on Myspace. Of course, this was when people were still on Myspace. Back then, you could "browse" users, narrowing people down by sex, age range, location, relationship status etc. I will admit that I had done that a few times to see what hunks were out there. Then one day in the end of January I got an email from this person (who, BTW, I had seen his profile before) with this quote, "any person who has not one but two Pauly Shore movies listed deserves a friend request." We emailed back and forth for about a month before we met in person. The rest, as they say, is history :)
Because of that, it's a little hard for me to say goodbye to my Dell Inspiron. I know I don't have a choice, but I guess I am just sentimental. The Mister says we are not keeping junk, and when he gets a new laptop, he will get rid of his as well. Without a second thought.
Am I the only one who gets sentimental about objects?
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