Goodness. Much, much goodness.

So. Went to the friends' house, played Settlers of Catan (with the Cities and Knights expansion), and came in second place, despite only having /two/ resources available to me for most of the game. More importantly, I got to talk with friends who I haven't seen face-to-face in a very long time. Even if I was the only singleton in a room of married couples. :P

AND, we've tentatively decided to get the group together again in the latter part of December, and all go skiing. I've never been skiing, but it sounds like fun.

Better still! I came home, all buzzed and happy, and decided to give the Vaputech computer another shot. I still can't get my old HD to be recognized, or any of the music, but I got the network working!! As I type this, I'm in my own room, all nice and chilly.

Life is good. Life is so very, very good.

Part the Third.

Ooo. Got the sound card to work! turns out that it, too, was incorrectly installed. Had to yank it out, and stick it back in the right way. And then...I cleaned my room!

Actually, I'm still in the process of cleaning. The junk in here was immense and massive, acquired over several years of just putting it off. Mostly dust, boxes from when we moved in, BOOKS (there are still piles of books on the floor, because I just don't have any /space/ for them, even with four bookcases), scarily unlabeled tapes and cds, and paperwork. Old school assignments, college forms, and I actually found a report card from high school in the junk.

...which reminded me of why I probably tossed into the nearest pile of paper in the first place. I was not a good student in HS. Nope.

I still have a fair amount to do, the area near my bed, the tops of drawers and bookcases, and I need to vacumn the floor, and put up some pictures. Despite this, it looks pretty good. Not great, yet, but pretty good.

I feel good!