I've more or less suppressed the urge to buy the new laptop. That means I'll likely genuinely follow through to my original expectation that I'd get three years out of it. The three-year mark is, coincidentally, the day I'm getting married. (Really strange realization... I think it's also the day Stephanie and I decided to get divorced.) The challenge will be freeing up enough space on the comprooder for photos and video from the wedding and honeymoon. Right now I've got around 25 gigs, and I can probably get it to 30 if I nuke all of the photos in there now (they're on my desktop as well).
Meanwhile, I still feel like I want to buy something for myself. I can't really explain why. There is a lot of expensive stuff in my immediate future, including the honeymoon, rings, the carpet and I'm sure other things I haven't thought of. Not working much hasn't been great for the bank account. That's helped me to not be irresponsible.
I've been keeping myself busy with books, and it's nice to have my Xbox back. I really want to dive into my big project, finish up the photo management app rewrite I was working on, and get my ass in gear, but it'll take awhile to get into a sane free time routine again. It's weird, but I get home and I don't know what to do first!
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