and then it was tuesday

yesterday i determined that finally my laptop had died. it has been toying with the idea for over a year, making moaning beeps, clicks and sighs. in december, its operating system woes began, but were tricky b/c after a brief repast would figure themselves out and the thing would turn back on no problem. last weekend the machine had another hiccup with "no operating system found," so i let it rest for an entire week. yesterday, time of death was called around 11AM. it was sad, but i've been preparing for over a year so i wasn't shocked though i did lose SO much music. that i am pissed about. and i have no extra funds b/c there's this whole matrimonial bliss thing is happening in july. so my favorite computer geek has been assigned the task of installing a new hard drive in an attempt to revive from the dead, my battered old gateway. i should spring for a brand new sony. it's good to have dreams.


over the weekend, i picked out wedding cake. it might be the best part of the entire process. you simply sit there with this huge plate of cakes in different flavors and another plate of icing in different flavors and you just mix and match. who would have thought eating cake would be so fun.

in other news, there's a flu bug running rampant at my glorious middle school. i think the bug is creeping my way. so i'm eating "flu busting chicken soup," recipe found in the latest issue of Women's Health. it's yummy but i still feel like crap. i'm too busy with my job and have no time for illness. yesterday amidst computer funerals i tried to pretend that my own health was rock solid b/c my future better half likes to tell me that often illness is all in your head. in other words, toughen up, quit being a baby. so i tried! for a day. and now i'm giving up and going to the doctor. so much for being tough; apparently i'm just not and at this rate i'm going to have trouble making it through a super important meeting tomorrow, 2 days of classes with 120 of south carolina's finest 8th graders :), a weekend of working for the class i'm taking that is going to last 4 years so that i can have a new job next year, a job which is the most indefinable or undefinable job in the field of education, and i'm not going to make it over the cooper river bridge b/c my lousy butt hasn't even made it repeatedly around my 2 mile loop 3 times yet.

by the way, i'm still upset with oprah. it's too far after the fact to really get into it. originally it was because she clearly does not know the definition of a memoir and tried to ruin james frey. but that's old news. last week she urged americans to go on a debt diet. considering she's the wealthiest woman in america, it really irked me that she spent an entire show on this topic. daisy and i threw our paws and hands into the air and quickly changed the channel. last year if i happened to be in Chicago i might've tried to land a spot in her audience. this year, however, i'm just not sure.