so i just got the part to make my computer turn on. finally!! i was without my beloved toshiba for ONE WHOLE WEEK!!!! yeah, this girl was not a happy camper!!! i can't even believe i had to go through a weekend with no internet access. not cool at all! i have become one of those incredibly internet dependent people; i literally almost can't live without it! college has definitely made me that way. having to have a computer and having ethernet constantly at your fingertips will do that to a person. and i realize it's a little ridiculous, most people live without the internet or computers just fine, but not me, and i will freely admit it!!! it is probably the one thing that i refuse to give up, no matter how poor i am, no matter what situation i am in. unless i am in the caribbean or something, i want to be able to get on the internet!!! it's how i communicate with my friends, it's how i stay up on what's happening in the world (i refuse to watch the tv news), it's how i communicate with Bart a lot of the time, it's the damn information superhighway!! all i can say is that i am very thankful i purchased the service plan for my computer at best buy. thank you for the free replacement parts :) next time, just get them here a little quicker!!!! :)

other than that, same old same old. work is fine. getting better. i have sooooo much to learn, but i'm getting there. my boss absolutely loves me and thinks i am doing wonderfully. she has praised me a myriad of times since i started, and has told me great things like i have a good intuition for the business. that's quite the compliment coming from her, considering she has 30 years in the property management business. i think i'm in a good spot, even though it might take a year or so to get the ball rolling down the path i would like it to roll down quickly...if that made any sense. but everyone has to earn their stripes and start at the bottom to get to the top. i'm ok with that, as long as i'm getting meaningful experience in the meantime, which i am. and i'm also getting holiday presents and really swanky parties at excellent chicago locations :) sweet!

haven't heard from Bart in a while and it's making me sad. i miss him so much :( i'd do anything to have him home sooner than march. but i'd also just plain do anything for him, so waiting falls under that category. anyway, random, i know, but that's what my blog is for :) expressing my strange thoughts and feelings, most of the which are love for my baby!!!