I got my laptop a few hours ago, and I've been getting all my stuff organized and transferred to it. It's taking me forever, seeing as I have 2 years worth of crap, but im slowly but steadily getting it all moved.

So far I've gotten Firefox 3, VLC, Handbrake, and Windows Messenger, and Microsoft Office 2008, Photoshop CS3, and VMWare are downloading as we speak. Seriously, this is one of the best days of my life


Also, my parents are gone for 3 days to Vegas, meaning that me and my brothers have the house to ourselves. I finally got my ACT scores, meaning I can apply for college. I get my first bit of......grass next week. So basically, I'm walking on sunshine.

Man, the rest of today, and all day Monday and Tuesday are gonna suck.  Those are the days I'll be impatiently anticipating my laptop's arrival, which comes on Tuesday night

Basically, my mom and I finally worked something out so I could get the laptop. She has a credit card that she has never touched, and uses to keep her credit score up. I had $550 in my bank account, so we called up MacMall, and had them do a special order dividing the cost between the credit card and my debit card. I paid $400 up front, my mom paid the remaining $1800, and I'll pay her back over the next 3 months. It's actually a better deal than the Bill Me Later that I was gonna do.

So anyhoo, it's going to be hell waiting for my laptop.

I just got off a 15 minute customer service call with a woman who must be missing more than a few brain cells.

She calls me up, and says she'd like to order a large cookie cake. (I work at Mrs. Fields for those that don't know) So I get all her info filled out, and she customizes her "cakie", and then we get to the payment information. When I ask for specific payment information, she says she has a discount. I ask her what kind, as there are various discounts people can get. Basically, here's how the ensuing conversation goes:

Her: I have a box.
Me: I'm sorry, ma'am?
Her: I have the box from a cookie cake.
Me: So....you're saying that you want to use a....box for your discount?
Her: Yeah.
Me: I don't think that's possible.
Her: Why not?
Me: Hold on a sec

I then put her on hold, and asked my supervisor about it. She starts laughing, and says that no, she can't do that.

Me: Sorry, we can't accept boxes as a discount.
Her: But my friend's mom sent me this box, and she said I could use it to get a cookie cake for free!
Me: Ma'am, your friend's mom was mistaken. Very mistaken.
Her: But...
Me, trying to be helpful: Is there anything in the box? I mean, besides the cookie cake?
Her: There wasn't any cookie cake in the box.
Me: Wait, your friend's mom sent you an empty box?!
Her: Well, there was bubble wrap in it, and that was it.
Me: ...and you want to use this box for a discount?
Her: Yeah.
Me: Ma'am, that's not possible. Your friend's mom was mistaken. Sorely mistaken.
Her: Ugh! I don't see why you can't do this for me.
Me: Ma'am, I'm sorry, but we just can't do it. It's not possible.
Her: ...
Me: Would you like to complete your order with your credit card?
Her: No thanks...
Me: Alright, thank you for calling--(she hangs up, cutting me off)


Well, there's the highlight of my day. I seriously keep laughing to myself over that. It's freaking hilarious.

I ORDER MY MACBOOK PRO TOMORROW!!!!! Mac Mall is having this humongous sale, where everything is hugely discounted, like $200 off the computers and stuff, and it ends tomorrow night. So tomorrow, my mom and I are going to go into her Bill Me Later account, attach my debit card info to it, which should still work because my bank acct is still tied to hers, get the laptop, then pay it off over the next few months, with NO interest. I have all my finances planned out, from gas money to payment money to date money.

This, plus the fact that I'm finally out of high school, plus the fact that I'm getting a car, plus the fact that I have a very high paying job, has me feeling very.....complete. I just feel like everything is finally working out for me, like all the pieces are falling into place. It's a weird feeling, both exhilarating and soothing.

So I place the order tomorrow, and when I get it on Tuesday or Wednesday, I'll do a big thread on how much I love it, post some pictures, that sort of thing. I'm currently looking online for awesome stickers and shit to put all over it

My quest to obtain a MacBook Pro before the end of the month has hit another snag. I got my full time job making $1500 a month, went to MacMall.com, found a discounted current-model MBP, called a sales person asking about Bill Me Later, I tell her I'm a 17yo college student in need of a laptop, she says it should be fine for me to do the no payments for 90 days as long as my credit history is good, I thank her, hang up, go through the checkout process and get a MacBook Pro with a 3yr Apple care plan for ~$2100 (which is pretty damn good), then go to the Bill Me Later, fill in my info, and hit submit. Then, it returns me to the page saying I had to be 18 years old to do the Bill Me Later. GOD DAMMIT, WOMAN, WHY DIDN'T YOU MENTION THIS SMALL DETAIL BEFORE I SPENT 30 MINUTES FILLING OUT FORMS AND WHATNOT?!?!?!

So I may need my mom's help and excellent credit to get my laptop before July rears it's head, but I'll get the laptop, mark my words.

Summer job for the motherfucking win! I got a job at a customer service center, taking calls from people that have complaints about, or want to place an order with Mrs. Fields' Cookies. I make $9/hr and $10.50 on Sundays, currently working part time plus rotating Sundays. As soon as I can, though, I'm going to switch to full time. When I start working full-time, I could easily pull in at least $1200 a month. So basically, as far as money goes, I'm pretty set

Today is my fiv-err, six year old little brother Hans' birthday. He's bouncing off the wall with happiness, especially after what Fred (my 15yo bro) and I gave him for gifts.

First off, and most importantly, Fred gave him his old DS. Hans absolutely adores the Nintendo DS, with New Super Mario Bros, Mario Kart, and Nintendogs being his favorite games of all time. That's another part of the gift. I got Hans his own copy of each, and he's loving them. Last, but not least, I got him a small drawing book, as he loves drawing and coloring.

One thing I'm a bit sad about is that I'm not going to be able to go to his birthday party tomorrow afternoon, as I have training for work that I can't miss. But the good news is that we're planning on having a family party this weekend, so I don't really miss out.

Anyway, that's what's going on today. How are you guys?

Tequila fudgeing rocks. YOu get a little salt in one hand, get a shot of tequila, and slice a bit of ;lime, then you lick the salt, keeping it on your tongue, down the shot, then bite/squeeze the lime into your mouth. It's a fudgeing awesome flavor. In my book, it's  tied for my favorite liqor, coconut rum.

In other news, I'm fudgeing wasted. The only reason I have coherent spelling in any of this post is because I've taken like 5 minutes to slowly correct it. I like my online grammar to stay respecatble. or something. I felt really stressed by work and my financial needs, so I decided to sneak a shot from my parents' beverage cabinet to ease my nerves. I just ate dinner, albeit very little of it, but none of the alcogol was effecting me at all, so I kept taking shots, which was stupid. I ended up taking 10 shots of straight tequila, which given how little dinner I ate, makes me feel bery...,woozy.