Today I started doing our taxes, started entering data in the database, did some banking. That may sound like a lot, but it wasn’t. I didn’t exercise (bad boy, bad!) and piddled away the morning hours allowing myself to get redirected a lot. The evening wasn’t much to shout about either. As we were doing the taxes Lorri pulled out a W2 for $4500. It turns out that just after the first of last year she helped NIMUS do some work and got some money for it. She said it was a surprise and we could use it for a trip. That was nice but I was a little shocked and not sure I appreciated her keeping a secret like that.

The passage of the Health Care bill is still a big deal and it is beginning to look as though the Democrats may benefit from it if they can maintain a good positive spin on it. The Republicans are angry and very negative, even delaying the Senate action for no good reason. All that negativity could be a drag for them and could end up losing them seats in the fall if they don’t knock off the flailing around. So far the Democrats are keeping up a positive message, the polls are shifting and people are starting to recognize that there was good stuff in the bill even if the Republicans misrepresent it.

Michelle was full of energy today and seemed upbeat. Even though I hold my breath with her because her lupus can take a bad turn quickly, it was nice to see her be positive. She joined Twitter and started tweeting and is having fun with it.

My printer fouled up a little today and my computer was really slow. I think it is getting close to time when I should order a new computer and maybe a printer as well. I’d have to do a lot of programming but it might not be all that bad since I just recently loaded Windows 7 on my desktop computer and am reprogramming it anyway. Still, something is holding me back – I think it is the idea of spending the money. There is a place on the internet where I could select the parts I want and they would put them together and burn it in. So long as it could be made to include a good i7 processor, a good motherboard, USB3 and the new kind of memory, it should be a no-brainier. I may tinker with the sight tomorrow and see how feasible it is.
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