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Dead Grass
So one of my ornamental grasses died. I do not know what happened to it. I have two of them, they both get the same light and I watered them the same. I did not want to toss it out but I wanted it to still look nice. Hence, the braid.
Sick on a Long Weekend
I worked so much last week I took a half day Friday (July 2nd) -- and will still have overtime on my next paycheck. After a haircut I got home and spent the day cleaning up before my friend Briana came over. She asked for a favor -- taking her to the airport at 5am on Saturday -- so I suggested she just spend the night. I live about a 15 min drive from the airport and she lives about 40 min north of me. We had a pizza and movie night.
I got up around noon and didn't feel to well. After I got back from dropping Briana off, I went back to sleep. I awoke around noon with a fever, headache, runny noes, and my dang cough I had for two weeks was back (which I thought was gone). I spent the rest of the day and Saturday sleeping on and off. Sunday (July 4th) I slept on and off till around 6pm. Then I dragged myself over to Scott's sister's house in Rockwall, Texas. We all had a nice BBQ and watched the Rockwall fireworks. At 10pm I got home and went to bed.
Today, luckily, I had the day off (Independence Day, Observed). I got up at 1pm and went to the store for sudafed, soup, popsicles, and ginger ale. Scott got me some hot tea from his work -- let me tell you, hot tea when you are sick is a miracle. After a nice hot lunch (at 3pm), I napped and just got up. I had a little bit of energy and felt creative so I figured writing this would be a good outlet. Back to bed.
Ring Ring, Ring Ring
My iPhone is now two versions old. I am rationalizing getting the new phone because it is truly something I use everyday -- in fact, it is the one accessory I have either on my body or at arms length at all times (ok, ok, you're right, almost all times -- I do not take it into the bathroom when I shower; gota' keep it away from excessive moisture!).
I use my iPhone all day long. In the morning it wakes me up, in the empty office it serenades me with my MP3s, on the road it tells me where to go, it locates friends, it's my phonebook and dictionary to the world, it's my digital camera, it tells me what I have in the bank, how my investment portfolio is doing, my upcoming appointments, it gets all my emails, it's my "game boy" when I am waiting for my car's oil to be changed, it even connects to my blog so I can write fascinating post like this, and, oh yeah -- it's my phone. It's no wonder why German slang for a cell phone is "das Handy!"
The new iPhone 4 has improved the GPS functions, camera quality (and adds a flash and a second camera), adds video chat, video recording/editing, improved screen quality, and lets you run multiple apps at the same time... and it looks cool. So, I contacted AT&T and looked at how much it would cost me to upgrade to the new phone -- $200. Then I remembered the website Gazelle.com where my Mom sold a lot of her old electronics a year ago. I looked at how much they would buy my old iPhone 3G 8GB for. Amazingly they quoted me between $90-$100 -- so I sold it. They are shipping me a prepaid postage box right now. When it gets here I pop out my SIMS card (place the SIMS in the new phone when it arrives around the same time) and ships the old phone to them. Within 10 days they will send me a check! So, now, I have rationalized that the new phone is only $100 (because Gazelle basically subsidized the other half!) so I went ahead and pre-ordered the new iPhone 4 -- it arrives with free shipping on June 24th!