Tomorrow starts the last week of school. Our school has started major renovations (I'll be surprised if they are finished come the beginning of the next year) before the year even ended. Tomorrow is supposed to be field day. The weather forecast calls for an 80% chance of rain. If it rains, I don't know what we will do for the day. They surprised me on Friday while I was at a workshop. I returned to my room to find everything gone, including the bag I brought with me in the morning. I had to climb over stacks of desks and cabinets to retrieve my personal belongings and papers that I would need for the next week. Anyone know an anti-rain dance?
The end of the school year also calls for a return my school laptop for summer maintenance. I don't have my own computer, unless I want to go back to my windows 98 machine that I thought I'd retired this past summer. My only connection to the outside world (ignoring actual, physical interaction of course) will be taken away from me for at least 3 weeks. I got the go ahead from my wife to buy a new computer, but as much as I like that idea, the actual process terrifies me. I want to keep the cost down, but I get so bogged down with the details about which processor to choose and how much RAM I should get that I find it almost impossible to choose. I've gone through most of the plausible permutations the Dell website and my paralysis by analysis is making me consider going to a store like Best Buy and picking one that they have already built. This would be so much easier if I were rich. Donations anyone?
