August 23, 2011 Thanks in part to the very old age of my laptop and Dan's... uncertainty about what to get me for my birthday last month, we have been talking a lot about laptops. It usually goes something like this: D: "I should buy you a laptop!" E: "But laptops are too expensive." D: "What else should I get you, then? Don't you want one?" E: "I don't know. Yes. Maybe. No." So after I got my security deposit back (in full!) I sort of decided that if we could get a deal and we went halfsies, it wouldn't be so bad. And then we found a REALLY great deal at Best Buy on an hp laptop that was cheaper and faster/better than the Dells I had been customizing for weeks. So on Tuesday, Dan just... went and got it. So now we have a brand new, shiny, FAST, 17" laptop. And it is pretty damn cool.

More than a year ago, when I used to go to the local library or to my boyfriend' house to work on school reports and stuff like that, I was never able to go by bike when I needed to take my laptop with me, because it's quite big and heavy and I wasn't able to carry it on the panniers on my bike, so I was stuck to the car. Well, not anymore! My Xtracycle has actually replaced my car. :-) I go to work and I take my laptop, my zwei bag and something like a briefcase with papers and stuff, as well as all the locks, a cool waterproof high visibility jacket, and, on the way home, I can even stop by the bakery and get some bread for an afternoon snack, and by a store to buy something for dinner. Just load it up on the X and I'm ready to go! :-D This is so cool I can't even describe it. :-P