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And by "I" I mean Dad. About $100 for a few small bags, a larger bag, and several screw drivers and pliers. I am pretty excited to get to put them to use. What man wouldn't? New tools. New job. It's going to be awesome.
I also got a new phone today: the HTC Evo. It is a huge upgrade for me. My old phone will be four years old this year.
My mom got one, too. She is getting used to it (and so am I). I started doing more texting within the last year or two, and I started to hate it. No QWERTY keyboard, incorrect predictive text, misspellings with T9 -- it drove me up the wall. I was pushed over the edge after getting this new job. Employees are required to report online when jobs are complete. Now, I can do it in real time (not required, but I was told it may be in the future). Very exciting, but I am having problems already with the phone. Fortunately, I think they are due to user error.
It is an uphill battle to try to get the house in order. I keep seeing things in the house that really ought to be replaced, but I am continually reminding myself to take it one step at a time. After all Rome wasn't built in a day. Three registers have been ordered, and I plan to buy some sort of Roman shade to replace the current window treatment. I am still looking at fans and light fixtures, but they are not the high priority at the moment. I forgot to post the following picture in the last blog, so here it is. I used Photoshop to diagram my room to prevent moving furniture two and three times. It didn't work, but I would have ended up moving them a lot more if I didn't draw this up (really, I should have used Microsoft Visio, but it did the job). I was also surprised to see how different the diagram was in comparison to real life. Perhaps, if I knew how to use 3ds Max, it would make a difference.
In my last post I mentioned that I was coming out of a "not listening to music" phase. I am trying to catch up, particularly on the Christian rap scene. Christian rap? Is that an oxymoron? Believe me. It's not. I think some of their talents rival those of the secular market. Some are really fast, too. Luckily some videos have rap-along lyrics, but you have to read as fast as they rap. Not easy for me.
Last summer I injured my neck in my sleep. I woke up to a pop in my neck, and it was a painful day. I was working at a computer camp, and one of the directors took me to the doctor around midday. The doctor diagnosed it as torticollis. He prescribed a muscle relaxer. It did help, but I still feel a certain tightness in my neck when I look to the right. I've wanted to get it checked out further, but decided to wait to go home from college since the Purdue health center doesn't take my insurance or anyone else's for that matter. I went to the doctor in town last week and they took several X-rays.
"No termites!" the doctor said. "Well, that's good," I replied. The doctor sent me on my way after filling out a sheet of paper for the physical therapy folks downstairs to set up an appointment with me. The big day is tomorrow or really today now that it is 1 AM. I really hope they can help me out. I don't like not being able to look to the right as fas as I am able to the left. Sounds weird, but it is annoying.
I also got a new phone today: the HTC Evo. It is a huge upgrade for me. My old phone will be four years old this year.
My mom got one, too. She is getting used to it (and so am I). I started doing more texting within the last year or two, and I started to hate it. No QWERTY keyboard, incorrect predictive text, misspellings with T9 -- it drove me up the wall. I was pushed over the edge after getting this new job. Employees are required to report online when jobs are complete. Now, I can do it in real time (not required, but I was told it may be in the future). Very exciting, but I am having problems already with the phone. Fortunately, I think they are due to user error.
It is an uphill battle to try to get the house in order. I keep seeing things in the house that really ought to be replaced, but I am continually reminding myself to take it one step at a time. After all Rome wasn't built in a day. Three registers have been ordered, and I plan to buy some sort of Roman shade to replace the current window treatment. I am still looking at fans and light fixtures, but they are not the high priority at the moment. I forgot to post the following picture in the last blog, so here it is. I used Photoshop to diagram my room to prevent moving furniture two and three times. It didn't work, but I would have ended up moving them a lot more if I didn't draw this up (really, I should have used Microsoft Visio, but it did the job). I was also surprised to see how different the diagram was in comparison to real life. Perhaps, if I knew how to use 3ds Max, it would make a difference.
In my last post I mentioned that I was coming out of a "not listening to music" phase. I am trying to catch up, particularly on the Christian rap scene. Christian rap? Is that an oxymoron? Believe me. It's not. I think some of their talents rival those of the secular market. Some are really fast, too. Luckily some videos have rap-along lyrics, but you have to read as fast as they rap. Not easy for me.
Last summer I injured my neck in my sleep. I woke up to a pop in my neck, and it was a painful day. I was working at a computer camp, and one of the directors took me to the doctor around midday. The doctor diagnosed it as torticollis. He prescribed a muscle relaxer. It did help, but I still feel a certain tightness in my neck when I look to the right. I've wanted to get it checked out further, but decided to wait to go home from college since the Purdue health center doesn't take my insurance or anyone else's for that matter. I went to the doctor in town last week and they took several X-rays.
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