May 21, 2005
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It’s here! It’s HERE!
We picked up the new computer at the post office a few minutes ago. We’re on our way to town (Wasilla — the post office is in Willow, halfway there from home) for the NA barbecue, so we won’t get the box open until we get home tonight and probably won’t have it installed before tomorrow. I am so jazzed, pumped, excited. Wow!
I’m in the public library now, of course. This may be my last message to you from here. I’d be perfectly content never to have to use these library computers again. It will be so good to be able to send email again and for Doug to do his IRC chat. That’s where his life is, and all his friends. The friends he had in high school have either gone off to military service or are around here getting drunk and loaded and into trouble. He doesn’t hang with them. I’m glad of that.
Perhaps it would be better to have some local real life friends, but not necessarily when there’s not much of a population to choose from, the way there is here. He misses his friends. He’d been hoping to get onto IRC at the net cafe a couple of days ago, but even though the kid working there said he could download and install MIRC, their firewall wouldn’t permit it.
Later, all. I’m off to Wasilla with a watermelon, a huge salad, and a big pot of buffalo meat in barbecue sauce. Everything I’m taking to the potluck is okay for my diet, so even if nobody else brings anything I can eat, I’ll have a balanced meal.
Comments (18)
YAY for the new computer! Looking forward to your return. The barbque and pot luck do sound like fun! I love buffalo — it’s so lean and yummy.
I’m glad you are gonna get back to normal. My computer went out for a few days and I went nuts.
A computer, a potluck, and a watermelon. What more can a girl ask for?
Buffalo bbq… Oh maaaaaaan… You’re killin’ me!!! *drooooooool*
Woot. New computer and Susu can blog more often.
yeah for the new computer!! and hey, internet friends are better cuz you can turn them off any time you’d like! ha!
support the buffalo farmers!!
I swear I know somebody in Wasilla…Ms. Class (gradeschool teacher). Does that name ring a bell?
Personally, I see nothing wrong with Doug having more friends online than on the outside world. Sometimes it sucks (I know from experience, lol), but, sometimes, you can find people online that you’re much more socially compatible with. And yay for him voluntarily not hanging out with the kids from school who just hang out and drink! Besides, as is the motto in my house, Game Geeks are cooler, anyway
Enjoy the potluck and yay on the new computer!
welcome back
Barbeque buffalo meat–ohh, that sounds good. The few times I had buffalo was mainly in Colorado (I grew up there) and a few other times during trips to South Dakota, and other parts of the West where there was a considerable Native American population. It’s so much leaner and cleaner tasting to beef than me. Enjoy! So glad to hear you’ll have a computer and have one of your loves (blogging) back. Your writing is so fascinating, I know it’s good for your soul, and such a treat for your readers, too. <3
Happy to hear you have a working computer! Welcome back! You seem as if you’re in a great mood—I love seeing that.
As far as Doug having mostly “net friends”…hell, I HAVE stayed in touch with all my closest friends from high school, but we’re all scattered to the four winds now; so I guess most of my friends are on the computer, too. I do have to admit though, it is nice to see them in person once in awhile.
Anyway, congrats on the running/working computer!
Such good news, I am sure you are very relieved! Potlucks can be so much fun. Buffalo meat–way back in the 70′s, I had a buffalo burger in SD. I need to try it again. No more library-trekking, you will now be able to blog in the privacy of your own home-glad for you!
so, your hi-tech depuration has ended……
Congrats on your new machine…I know how I feel when mine is out of commission.
I love program pot lucks…we make sure to have one at least once a month.
Buffalo BBQ sounds pretty darn good! If I am ever in the area..I’ll know where to stop for a good bite.; )
yay for new computer
and buffalo bbq sounds yummy, but I’ve never had it. one thing to add to the list!
you’re my favorite blogger to read, and i’m glad to hear everything is working out for you! technology can be such a bitch sometimes.. my machine and I are not on speaking terms right now. have a good time at the potluck, im sure you’ve earned it.
Yay for the new computer!
And your potluck contributions could certainly be a meal. Yum!