New day. New Laptop

That's right today I'm blogging from my brand spanking new laptop. I must say I had one of the best birthdays in a long time. It might be because I got to do what I wanted and didn't have to go to school. It could be because a ton more people told me happy birthday. It could be that I'm truly better off emotionally then I was a few years ago. Whatever it is I'm glad it happened.
So went to Best Buy to get my laptop and I'm not going to lie. I got a little freaked out when I couldn't find the laptop I was looking for. Well after searching for a bit I found it. Now it wasn't blue, but of course I could think of worse things. I get it home and I just played with it. Still in the process of transferring all my crap over. I have a lot of crap. The music I'm not so worried about because my mp3 player has them all. This is just making sure I have pictures, programs, etc. Oh and when I got back from Best Buy I found a penny heads up.
Then came time for my tattoo. I think the rule of them is the crazier your tattoo artist the better your tattoo. Maybe that's just what I observed. Oh and this is also for an artist that has a crazy appearance. This guy went on and on about Aliens. Now this wouldn't have been too terrible if I hadn't brought it upon myself. I didn't just get out of it when I had the chance. Plus I guess I was giving off this signal of yes please tell me all about Aliens. Anyway the tattoo came out great though. I swear this one hurt more then my first one, but it's smaller and it already looks better then my other one at this stage in the game. Then again my first one I got later in the day. Anyway it's looking better and hopefully won't take nearly as long to heal.
The funny thing about yesterday is it started off with the worst cramp of my life. It was a calf cramp. If you've ever had one of those you know what I'm talking about. It woke me up at about 3:30 and I could not get comfortable. Finally the pain went down enough I could use the bathroom. When I woke up to go tot he gym it was better, but not the best. Anyway I get to the gym and the bike I like to use to warm up was taken. So I used the treadmill figuring that would help stretch out the cramp and it did. So I was in the gym with a somewhat cramped right calf. Doing a leg workout mind you. Well I got through it. Now my ass is sore and so is my right calf. Probably pushed it more then normal because it was cramping up. Oh well.
Well when I was finding the song Beauty and the Beast I saw one of my (if not my) favorite song from that movie. I honestly think it was one of the better movies Disney did. Anyway the song is Belle. Is so funny Belle is singing about how life is so boring and predictable while everyone else is talking about how odd she is. Makes you think doesn't it. Anyway today's tip is even a day that doesn't start out great can lead to one of your best days ever.

Today's my b-day

So far it's going great. I got my first happy b-day this morning at 12:22 am. I'm up to 10 different well wishes plus my mom calling me. Yeah it's going pretty good. This morning when I went to the gym it was pretty quiet. Not a lot of people at the gym. It wasn't in a mess. My workout buddy told one of the girls that always works out in the morning and she comes back to tell me happy b-day. Then as I was doing my calf raises I hear the radio saying birthday. Then I hear drink like it's your birthday. So I of course I am like what the hell. I tell my workout buddy to listen to the radio and the song finishes with the word Birthday. We both just laughed.
I've been saying thanks to a lot of people this morning. Got a b-day card from my roommate that was funny. So I got a lot to do. Going to get my laptop and a tattoo later on today. This is going to be fun.
Today's tip is there are at least a gazillion worse things then having friends and family that care about you.

I'm excited

So yesterday it was slow so I went onto bestbuy.com to look at the laptops. Well I found two that I really liked so I used that compare feature. Wow I love that feature. I was leaning more towards the Toshiba instead of the gateway, but when compared side by side the gateway had a lot more features and a lot more capabilities then the Toshiba. Then the one that had more hard drive then the gateway I was looking at had none of the cool features. So I know which one I'm going for once I get to best buy on Friday.
In weirdness news a weird guy came into the mall yesterday. Outside of the store we have this gray board that has the bus schedule and bus map on it. Well our neighbor comes in and says was that guy one of your customers. And I come out and say what guy. He points to this old guy in a red shirt and baseball cap. He was carrying one of our bus schedules. Turns out he just ripped the map from the display and walked out. Now you have got to be kidding me. Why in the world would someone rip down a map on the display. If you need a bus map we had more. Or if you needed a map of the city there is a visitors center further down. It just made no sense. The guy is clearly not all there. Pretty sure I've seen him before. Some people just do things that are well stupid.
Speaking of stupid. Ok well it's more laziness or not wanting to change. Anyway so this guy I know recently got a schedule change. He now works more normal hours. He use to have to go in at 2 and wouldn't get out until like 1 in the morning. Or it was midnight or something late. Anyway he now goes in at noon and gets out at 8. So he gets to spend some time with the family which he never got to do. His wife was so happy about that. Well fast forward a few weeks to this week and she's now trying to get him to get his old schedule back because she's having trouble getting her 40 hours in. She apparently doesn't work later then noon. In order to get away with that she has to come in at 4:30 am. Well she doesn't want to do that. Now I don't know why him working from noon to 8 affects her not getting in her 40 hours especially since she makes the schedule, but even if it did why do you not want to ever see your husband? You still have to come in early and now he's completely tired and has to get your kids ready and to school and running on little sleep. Clearly she wants to have her cake and eat it too. How about you either suck it up and get up early so you can get off at noon or you just leave your kid in day care for an hour a day. An hour a day isn't going to kill her. Plus this way least you get to spend some family time together. Women are fickle and ladies you know you are.
Today's tip is all that glitters is not gold, but they are fun to look at.