the grandparent's computer

Well, we have a working computer now. However, like my grandparents who gave it to us, it's old. Which means it's slow and, as my dad says, probably doesn't even have enough memory to run Windows XP. So...no iTunes either. Daddy says he's still buying a new hard drive for the other. Shoot, if I had the money, I'd just buy a whole new tower. It would so be worth it, even if we got one of the ones on clearance.

Point is, though, I now have internet access at home, which is what we wanted. Well, at least for now. Eventually we're going to want to transfer our files from the external hard drive, which we can't seem to do with this one. It's old odd. I am currently downloading Firefox. Daddy doesn't understand why I can't just use IE. Oh well.

It's possible I may be going to New Orleans in a few weeks. I really have to get some things together fast, though. Like saying, "Hey Mom, you know that $70 you owe me? Yeah, I need it by Sunday." She probably won't like that, but hey, she just sent my brother $500 so he can get his sorry bum from wherever he is to wherever he's going. That's pocket change compared to what she sent him. Not that I expect her to have very much now that she's sent it to him. After all, she still hasn't paid bills. Still, I'm going to need a deposit of something on Sunday, and it's the only way I know of to get back the money she owes me. I guess I could give less and get the rest later, but she's going to want to pay the whole expense of the trip, and I'm not going to let her do that. I'll sell my TV before I let that happen. She needs to stop doing things for me. It's no wonder I don't know how to take care of myself. She never let me do anything on my own, because when I tried, I apparently didn't do it right.

*sigh* Well, time for me to start learning. The hard way, by myself. Crap. I hate doing things by myself.