August 31st, 2006 by Nina
So what are the chances that my 4 yr old laptop would die three days after the warranty expired? Well, when you buy Dell… it is pretty likely. Anyway, now I need to find a new laptop. As much as I love Apple… they are expensive and I reallllllllly need another mouse button or I go nuts. I looked at the IBM’s a bit but they aren’t exciting me. I need a few more days to look at it I guess.
In the meantime, I’ll suffer with firefox crashing on Dell’s website everytime I click a freakin link.
August 31st, 2006 by Nina
I called T-Mobile on Tuesday to unlock my phone. I am going to see about purchasing a SIM card in Europe for easy phone calls. They said I would get an email with the information but never did. I call back today and was given all the information. My mom was complaining that she was out of minutes since she had to make a lot of phone calls to people regarding grandpa. I asked if there were any special deals they give in situations like this. She asked me the information about her and her account. One minute later she came back and said that she had added 100 minutes to her account for free. Take about great customer support from a cell phone company. All the more reason for sticking with them!
I called her to let her know she had a few more minutes and she randomly starts crying. She is off packing up my grandpas stuff and also planning the Alaska Cruise!
In other news, I borrowed a SIM card from someone at work and was able to unlock my phone. I am getting closer to being ready for my vacation!
August 29th, 2006 by Nina
After being on this planet for 91 years, 4 months and 5 days… he has moved on to other places (aka ground?) I guess that is up to you to figure out where he might be. He slept since last night and was comfortable. Sitting there and listening to him trying to breathe was horrible though.
My mother, niece (9 yrs old), sister and cousin were there when he died. My niece was doing ok but I was a bit worried since this was the first time she had been around death. Either way, he lived up to his nick name of “Old Buzzard.” He died 15 minutes after I left the hospital which I had been at for around 10 total hours.
August 29th, 2006 by Nina
I am in Ellensburg at my sisters house. Grandpa is not going to make it much longer. He has refused all food, drink and drugs. He is just being made comfortable with morphine. He looks like he has gotten a good 20 years older since I saw him last. My mom has a bunch of family coming in town tonight and I should be back home tonight. I hope all is well with everyone.
August 27th, 2006 by Nina
It seems my grandpa is telling everyone “On my way out.” Of course, everyone then says “Oh, where you headed Bud?” I wonder what the correct response to that is. Is it “I’m dying soon!”? or “I decided it was time to die soon.” Who knows… I am going to try and visit on Friday and can’t wait for him to tell me that just so I know what he responds with.
August 27th, 2006 by Nina
I think I am finished with the redesign of my website and gallery. Now I have space for my Europe vacation pictures… and the website almost looks cool.
August 27th, 2006 by Nina
I updated to Gallery 2 and changed my website to wordpress. I feel cool now. It’s trouts fault though.