The computer arrived!
AB noted yesterday morning that the UPS tracking system stated the computer was "out for delivery". We were surprised as it wasn't even in the system until Monday night. (Getting off this topic before I start down the long road of why UPS sucks.) So over lunch we headed to the Clearwire store and signed up and got our satellite receiver for our NEW wireless internet access! (Bye bye cabel wired modem.)
Suffice it to say that we could not elect to stay home all day between 8am and 7pm to wait for the computer. So at AB's earliest convenience (4pm) he headed home. No attempted delivery. About an hour AB was greeted by a knock on the door and two large boxes. Yay! (And perfect timing.)
He started unpacking and by the time I got home with Leif he had components pulled out. We quickly hired the electronic babysitter (Finding Nemo) and got to work. A little while later we had it assembled (in a temporary position pending buying a new computer desk - AB's words, not mine!) and turned it on. We sat in awe of the 20" widescreen monitor as it roared to life, quickly clicking through all the required legal notices about software, etc until we finally got to the Windows screen.
Quick break for dinner. Our regular evening routines (I pick up, AB does bath and bedtime) and we raced back to the computer. I won and so I set up new e-mail accounts and Outlook and then opened the Media Center, which btw, is awesome. I don't know what else to say. We inaugerated it by sliding in the Star Wars DVD and cranking the sound while the words "A long time ago in a galaxy far far away..." rolled back. It is a thing of beauty I tell you!
Shortly after the inaugeral ceremony we explored the Media games and were sucked into a new Jewel game (Tetris like). AB posted a score, I spent about 30 minutes beating the score and then went to bed where AB spent another hour and 20 minutes stomping my score to pieces and came to bed vowing to never open the stupid game again thanks to its sinkhole of time quality.
AB and NM have entered the 21st century (along with deeper debt).
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