A new calendar, new goals, and a new laptop

For several years my laptop and I have been at odds. While it was one thing that I typed on it so much that I [image error]had begun to wear the paint off the keys, it was another that some days it ran so slowly that it was keeping me from getting my work done. Sometimes it went to sleep and refused to wake up, probably because I worked it so hard. The final straw came when the fan refused to quit running. The white noise was a little too loud.

While there were small ways to make some things better, the reality was I needed something faster. And lighter didn't sound bad either since my laptop goes wherever I do. I finally sucked it up and bought a new one last week. This wasn't an easy decision as financially it wasn't the best time (is it ever?) but I knew that it was keeping me from being more productive.