yay internet

so now i have wireless. hooray for technology. i got a wireless router (graduation present from Bridget), because my ethernet is nonfunctional on this computer (my laptop). after consulting bridget and dave, i decided it would be more economical to buy a wireless router than fix the ethernet. plus it's cooler. now i can be on the internet with no cables anywhere in my house.
the downside? i wasn't smart or cool enough to set up my own router. i tried. i gave it a good go, but the technology kicked my patootie repeatedly. so i called in the tech support - i called up Pete, Mr. Internet himself, to ask for guidance. he said, "okay, i can try to talk you through this over the phone, or i can come over and have it done in 10 minutes."
i decided that, for efficiency and sanity's sake, i'd swallow my pride and let him do it. and he wasn't lying. i didn't see what he did differently from me - i think that technology is just the same as animals - it recognizes an authoritative touch.
so, however i got it, i've got it. now, i guess, i owe Pete one. i made him a couple of margaritas to help the work go more smoothly, but i think he still wins.
then he impressed me by showing me his phone, which he managed to hack so that it has free internet. he's the biggest nerd i know. all that work just so he can check his email on his phone. and then he took me out to meet people. he's determined that i need to make friends. he's right, after all.
i really enjoyed the guys i met, but most of the girls seemed dumb as posts. nice, but not much under the hood.

all that's left now is to decide what to do with my friday night. maybe sleep - i'm going to learn about savanna restoration tomorrow morning, and i have to drive an hour to do it.
then orchid monitoring on Sunday - not a real weekend, after all, but a vacation day in the bank all the same.

it's actually kind of cold out - what a nice change. sleeping under blankets, what a treat! maybe i'll have a cup of hot tea - now *there's* something i haven't wanted in a while ....