A Voyage For Misplaced Love

Oh, smiles abound. Thus far, I've had a bad week, a good week, a shitty week, and an awesome week - and it's only Thursday! I can't really organize my thoughts into anything remotely coherent right now, so a hit-list seems appropriate.

• I've assumed the responsibility of a new cell phone contract. It's with Verizon, of course, and features all the messaging I can handle, and then some. I purchased an LG Voyager, and it's been a rocky road so far. It was supposed to be delivered Monday, but I missed that, and ditto for the repeat delivery on Tuesday (I missed it by 15 minutes!). I was anxious about it - very nervous and so wound up about getting it that I wasted my best day of the week. I scheduled a Wednesday pickup, and drove to Maumee ASAP Wednesday afternoon to pick up my booty. The phone is awesome, and is definitely a worthy purchase. A quick pic of the Voyager is below.

• If nothing else, my Voyager represents a victory for me. I've spent so much time trying to integrate my life into a digital lifestyle, particularly with convergence devices, that I've put usability and practicality aside. No more. I define what tasks need accomplished, evaluate the best way to do said tasks, and follow through, par for the course. Rather than deal with a huge, clunky, do-it-all Windows Mobile device/phone/PC, I use my old PDA as a dedicated organization device and my voyager for all communications. Each device does its job wonderfully, far better than my clunky Windows Mobile shitjob ever did. It just feels good to be organized in a way that works for me, rather than trying to wrap my organization routine around what Verizon and Microsoft thinks works for me. I'm in control now and it's awesome.

• I personally opt not to discuss my (awesome) relationship on my blog, but one question must be publicly asked: when is so much too much? When is the line crossed? What happens, long-term, when a relationship feels unbalanced to me? Am I asking for too much? Am I being aggressive? I worry a lot...

• But anyway, this semester is chugging along just fine. I've been keeping up with homework very well, but this weekend will be taxing. I have an essay due Monday, and a CS project due next Friday, neither of which I have really worked on yet. I'll be dedicated my Friday, Saturday, and Sunday afternoons to these tasks. But I am expecting to keep up with my workload overall this semester, mainly thanks to a "zero-tolerance" policy for free time. If I have school work to be done, video games, food, free time, and friends (yes, even the girlfriend) are put aside. The level of discipline that this takes is staggering for me, but so far, so good.
  

With that, I'm out for the night. Looks like we have a little snow coming overnight, so I'm looking forward to waking up to significant weather tomorrow morning.

B3 out.

Voyager Pic: