I'm typing this post on the MacBook I'm considering buying for law school from my employer. It's shiny and pretty and shiny and sleek - and also shiny. It's also about a year and a half old and not quite as sleek as the current MacBooks, but it's also much less expensive, and in good shape. Except for a small chip in the casing around the keyboard. But that's neither here nor there, as I don't have the money to be very picky at the moment.
It feels really funny being back on a Mac after 10 years. Despite the obvious progress over the past 10 years, the OS still feels kind of the same, which is nice. And the reassuring "boinggg" sound the computer made when I booted it up took me straight back to my dorm room, circa 1997.
So - meanwhile. Let's see. Current complaints - waiting to hear on kindergartens for Norah. She didn't get a spot at ADS (she's currently number 17 on the waiting list of 57), so that's one option down, and two left we're waiting on. AISD and UT Elementary won't notify us until May, and meanwhile we're asking Child's Day to hold a kindergarten spot open for Norah, not that we can afford it. Sigh.
Speaking of Child's Day and not being able to afford it, today is Julian's first day in the Chicks classroom. Drop-off went well (no tears from either of us) and when I called at lunch-time they said his first day was going "amazingly well" and he had taken a bottle, eaten some solids, taken a 30 minute nap and was lying on a mat on the floor playing with toys and smiling at everyone. He's a keeper, this kid.
This is my first day working in the office a full eight hours since September 15th of 2008 - it's amazing how much more time it feels like I have to get things done, despite the fact that I was working at home in the afternoons before. I miss the easy access to chocolate and tea that I had at home though.
That's the latest, really. Jeff and I have started watching The Wire, finally, and I think I'm hooked after only four episodes. I'm knitting again - a really cool scarf from the Lynn Barr scarf book - I'll post some pictures soon.
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