Computers suck.

I'd planned on blogging last night. Really, honestly, I did. Only I couldn't. Guess why.

My dad's gigantic LCD computer monitor stopped working.

Honest to god, we didn't do anything to it. Just left it alone for an hour or so, by which time it went into sleep mode. Only it didn't wake up. It's onboard self-testing thing isn't working. It just sorta went kaput. Ah, well... at least it went peacefully in it's sleep. :) Dad thinks we're gonna have to send it in to Gateway and get them to either fix it or replace it (yay for warranties!). Meanwhile, I'm using the old CRT monitor from our old computer. It's been a while since I had to use one of these, and I'm surprised at how much they seem to flicker. Gonna give me a headache. What can I say? I'm spoiled.

Anyway, I wanted to blog last night cuz I had a crappy, crappy day. I'm all stressed out about the enormity of the task of packing up everything to leave again, plus the fact that my mom won't have a job next year, plus the fact that, probably soon after I finish my next year of college we'll be moving from the house I've lived in since I was 2 years old to a new house in a new town. Oh, yeah, plus the fact that my sister gets a whole bunch of new stuff and I'm insanely jealous, and I also feel bad because I thought I was above jealousy over stupid material objects. In any case, I was feeling sorta stressed last night and I sort of snapped at my mom, who is also feeling really stressed lately, I made her feel bad, too, and now I feel like a complete ass and I don't know what I can do to make it better.

Apologizing would be real good, as soon as she gets home. That, and maybe chocolate chip cookies. Mom's been wanting someone to bake cookies for a long time. Cookies help make things better.

Which makes me think... maybe Erin needs some cookies. She sounds like she could use some right now.

Mom just called. I told her I love her, and that I'm making cookies. And maybe even dinner. I better get going.