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It’s been a very good day, but surreal.  I keep expecting to wake up or to hear the Twilight Zone theme.  Worry not, all of my news is good.  Perhaps that’s why I’m in disbelief!

I bought a new laptop today.  I’ve been using the same computer since 2003.  The poor thing is as big as a mini Cooper and the hardware is so outdated that I’d be embarrassed to let any of my friends see me using it.  The laptop I bought is not even close to being State Of The Art.  SOTA laptops cost $3000-4000 (or more.)  Mine cost $700.  But it’s still a major upgrade compared to the clunker I’ve been using, and best of all, it’s portable.  I’m pleased because I’m finally getting financially stable enough that I can go out and spend $700 without worrying that I’ll bounce a check before payday.

I have some geek work to do – reinstalling software, migrating files, etc, but I hope to have the laptop up and running at 100% this week.  I hope all this geeky goodness will inspire me to do some back-end work on the websites.  There’s A LOT that needs done, and I just haven’t been interested enough to do it.  Maybe that will change now that I have a new computer to do the work.

OK, here’s the best and craziest news of the year:  I’m buying a house!!  I logged onto the veteran affairs website today to see about filing for disability.  That portion of the website was offline, but I saw an ad for a company that does VA loans.  I submitted the form, figuring I’d get some spam mail, and maybe an Indian with an undechipherable accent would call me in a week or so.  Instead, an American called me less than two hours later.  I am now pre-approved for up to $150,000 to buy a home, courtesy of the VA.  I can barely believe it.  After all these years of moving from place to place and throwing money away on rent – after all these years of putting up with shithead landlords and draconian leases – I am finally going to have a place all of my own.  This is a huge step for me.  A realitor is supposed to contact me tomorrow so I can see what’s on the local market.  I’m going house hunting this week!!!

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