i was intending on blowing most of the weekend, but i maybe went a tad overboard. i'm realizing i forgot to include the money i spent on the 30th in my monthly totals, which i'm trying to mentally separate from my computer money, so i'm little more in debt to myself than i thought. that's ok - i'm still on track to immediately spend $4835 of the $5000 properly, and the rest will balance itself out in the upcoming months. the reality is that i had to pay out $320 in loans this month, so it was going to have to be a quiet month or i was going to have to do this in chunks; going from owing $300 to payday loan places to owing yourself $165 is a step forward, and if i can halve that again next month it should work itself out in the wash. i'm probably not going to get through the $5000 before september 1st, anyways. the rest of the month seems quiet to me, and i don't see much coming up in august that immediately appeals to me, either. there's lots of stuff going on, it's just not for me.

most of the remaining items should get here this week. i feel like ups is holding my case hostage, and expect a call early this morning. if it doesn't happen, i'm going to get angry and start demanding that people get fired.

i have an appointment this morning, as well. i didn't hear back from the computer store about the ps/2 items and may have to look for other options...

i'm mildly concerned that my sound card hasn't shipped yet. the money came out of my account several days ago. but, the e-check hasn't completed yet. i'll give it a few more days.

as today is busy, the property owners will get an extra day to react. they sent me something on thursday night, but have not responded to my reply. i will be printing the remaining documents i need in the afternoon and writing up the report over night, so they will need to react quickly.

so, today is going to be scattered and disjointed. hopefully, i can get back to what i was doing, tomorrow, which is going to be building the remaining pc components, finding cd/dvd cases and then trying to figure out a playback solution.