IKEA is my oyster!
I've finally been to an IKEA!
OH MY!!!
That was my playground and candy shop all rolled up in one. I could have spent an entire day and then some in there, but unfortunately we had other items on the agenda. So many cool toys. The set-up rooms. The colors. The variety. Loved, loved, LOVED! I can't wait to go back.
Jersey was fun... I desperately needed to get away from life and enjoy some of this so-called summer vacation.
The brain is, for the most part, fried. The workload of the internship and the online class is quite overwhelming and it's a wonder I'm staying afloat. But it's definitely having a detrimental effect on my mental stability - not enough sleep, a bit scatter-brained as I struggle to keep up, lagging behind on responsibilities to a) myself and b) the paid writing gig.
On top of all of this, the laptop went kaput a couple of weeks ago. It's no joke when I say my laptop is my lifeline: it's my bread and butter in nearly all aspects of my life and living off of borrowed time on family member's laptops (we don't have a desktop anymore) has been... challenging. I miss my baby. Some stupid BIOS update fried the motherboard. If I had the time, I'd tinker with it myself, because I really think I can fix it. Sadly, that's not a realistic possibility so the baby has finally been delivered to a reliable repair shop who shall get the job done for about $300 *is appalled* ... still better than $1,000 for a new laptop. Note to self: next laptop, go for Intel over AMD.
Right-ho! Back to work for me. If I have the energy, I shall rant and grumble next time about how last-minute, bull-shitty some of the "classwork" for the internship has been (which has only exacerbated my already-frazzled state).
OH MY!!!
That was my playground and candy shop all rolled up in one. I could have spent an entire day and then some in there, but unfortunately we had other items on the agenda. So many cool toys. The set-up rooms. The colors. The variety. Loved, loved, LOVED! I can't wait to go back.
Jersey was fun... I desperately needed to get away from life and enjoy some of this so-called summer vacation.
The brain is, for the most part, fried. The workload of the internship and the online class is quite overwhelming and it's a wonder I'm staying afloat. But it's definitely having a detrimental effect on my mental stability - not enough sleep, a bit scatter-brained as I struggle to keep up, lagging behind on responsibilities to a) myself and b) the paid writing gig.
On top of all of this, the laptop went kaput a couple of weeks ago. It's no joke when I say my laptop is my lifeline: it's my bread and butter in nearly all aspects of my life and living off of borrowed time on family member's laptops (we don't have a desktop anymore) has been... challenging. I miss my baby. Some stupid BIOS update fried the motherboard. If I had the time, I'd tinker with it myself, because I really think I can fix it. Sadly, that's not a realistic possibility so the baby has finally been delivered to a reliable repair shop who shall get the job done for about $300 *is appalled* ... still better than $1,000 for a new laptop. Note to self: next laptop, go for Intel over AMD.
Right-ho! Back to work for me. If I have the energy, I shall rant and grumble next time about how last-minute, bull-shitty some of the "classwork" for the internship has been (which has only exacerbated my already-frazzled state).