My Christmas "miracles"

Two things.

One...

A good friend at work fixed this tablet up for me and gave it to me for Christmas. It's a decent little machine. 2 ghz core 2 duo, 1 GB RAM, 75 GB hard drive, wifi, bluetooth, card reader, and of course the fact that it's a tablet. I managed to find a battery for it in the back room that lasts 34 minutes. All in all...I think I can live with this as a primary computer even by comparison to the MacBooks I used to use. I turned in my loaner today, by the way. I'm posting from said tablet, which needs a name. The 1024x768 resolution and 12-inch screen make me feel claustrophobic, and I'm not used to Windows at all anymore. I'm missing several of my favorite apps, most especially Adium. But you know what? I can live with that. I've taken to this computer some already.

Two...

It turns out my parents had some flex spending thingy on their insurance that needed to get used up by the end of the year. And they were kind enough to use it to purchase a 60-day supply of Nuvigil for me. If the appeal's going to work, it will be done long before the 60 days run out.

Now it's up to me. Up to me to step up to the task and get a job and make money and do okay.

Well this is just dandy

[Posted to Xanga 12/10/10]

Freed-Hardeman's iKnow system requires that every one of its students (except this year's seniors, who came along before the program) own a school MacBook.

However, mine was stolen. So now I don't own a school MacBook. As a result, the school is assigning me another one...

...and making me pay the first $595 of it. Did I mention that I'm leaving after next week? For good?

Well, it doesn't make a difference. Freed is still making me pay the first $595 of it and they won't take no for an answer.

However, the buyout amount is still the same as it was before my other one was stolen: $1190. And because they charged me $595, I no longer have enough to buy out the new MacBook. (I had almost exactly enough to buy out both MacBook and iPod Touch.)

So here I am with an iPod Touch and $634.90. I'm computer-shopping, because I don't have a computer anymore and I need one.

Also, the insurance denied my Nuvigil. What am I going to do now? God only knows. I can't see myself holding down a proper job without it.