New Toy, Happy Early Birthday!

Ever since I became enamoured of the idea of being able to blog from bed, I've been rendered incapable of putting two words together at my desktop computer. I just can't get my thoughts together out there. To many distractions, too, too many.

In one of my typical interweb ramblings, I discovered "netbooks" and was instantly smitten. They are tiny, portable, very basic, and very inexpensive. I read and read and researched and discovered the lovely Asus eeePC 1000HE.

I mentioned it to R and, although he was skeptical at first, I think my earnest interest finally won him over and he checked it out. I was honestly going to buy it myself, having just paid off my car and feeling the joy of "extra money"...but with my birthday coming up, he was havin' none of that. The Asus would be my birthday present, and so it is! We ordered it over the weekend, and it came in today. It's black, and will soon be covered in a nifty skin of some sort--because it really is a fingerprint magnet. And because skinz are just cool.

So I'm sitting here in bed, happily tapping away and listening to CBC Radio 3. The reviews were right; the sound is far from audiophile-approved, but it's certainly fine for my current purposes. And while I could stay up all night toying with all the features and settings, I must, at this point, put it away. Summer has come early to the desert (our first 100+ degree day was yesterday!) and I have to get the hounds out the door before 6am if I don't want to roast.

I know I've said it before, but I have to say it again--I think I'll be around more often now. Writing before bed(in bed!) clears my brain of some of the flotsam and jetsam it collects during the day, and I really believe it helps me sleep better. And since I'm going to be getting up at 5:30 or earlier for the next few months, I'm going to need all the help I can get!

I love my lil netbook! Thank you baby! <3