So What!?

Okay, time for a less depressing post to be at the top of my blog!
So it's still raining...So I didn't get to ride my bike to the park as I'd been hoping...So I once again got distracted from that book I've been meaning to read...So what!?
It's really actually been a pretty good day, thinking back on it.
Because we don't do school on Fridays, I got to sleep in-- That's always nice. Especially when I'd just stayed up past 11 the night before like I did last night.
So first thing when I got up I ran down stairs to check my email before my brother got on the computer to play games half the morning.....

Inbox: 2 unread messages.

Sweet :-)

I scroll down, read 'em and reply... then I look again... Inbox: 1 unread message. Huh? I guess it must have just come in. I look to see who it's from.

From: Zak Boyd Subject: Camp Photos Time: 8:50 AM

Camp Photos...Hehe, the same subject line title that we've had for the past 5 months. Subject lines really aren't always the most accurate things, when you think about it. Sure, they probably were at one point, like when you sent the first message. Talk of game systems, computers, and how much they both cost doesn't have to do with camp photos so much, no? lol. So we email back 'n forth for a while and I end up getting him to make a Yahoo account, so then we end up instant messaging on there until nearly 10:00. It's then I realize that my mom left a half hour ago and left my brother and I with a list of chores of which I really should be working on. Furthermore, I'm hungry. I fix myself some break fast and then decide to get my chores done... fortunately they were really quite easy today, so it didn't take all that long.

I look at the clock and it's nearly 11:00 and I'm still in my PJ's. Not as late as I've worn them some mornings, but even so I really should get dressed, I think to myself. I go into my room, shut the door and...Oh look! A distraction! I see my laptop and I can't resist it- I click up the Internet and check out my yahoo account and see that Zak's back online. What the heck? It's not every day I'm on at the same time as my friends, so I type up a message and we chat some more.

RIIIIIIIIIIIING! RIIIIIIIIIIIIING!

I'm only half dressed and there's an incoming call. "Nathaniel! Will you get that??"
Turns out it's for me. I get the phone from him. "Hello?" "Hi Sarah, this's Mrs. Kopp... I'm in need of a techy person and you were the first to come to mind..." Wow, I'm getting to be known as quite the computer geek, aren't I? Lol! By the time I'd got off the phone I had gotten myself a photo editing job! Cool :-)
I look back at the computer and another message from Zak pops up. I quickly write that back and then look at the time and realize I've got a recorded episode of Survivor that I missed last night and that I really should watch that soon. I also wanted to keep IMing though. *Ding!* A mental lightbulb just popped up! I can use my dad's laptop down stairs. Once the thing FINALLY finishes starting up and I get to Yahoo, I get a message that says the ol' Windows 98 is too old of an operating system. Dang. *Ding!* Another lightbulb pops up. I could use my laptop! So I unhook it and bring it down to the couch. Everything was working great until 15 minutes later I saw my batteries had already ran out. So I'm running upstairs with the thing to try and hook it back up before it shuts it's self down and guess what happens? My teenage klutziness kicks in and I trip on the top step. BANG! I'm suddenly on my knees holding the laptop out in front of me. Now that was close! I would've been in soooooooooo much trouble had I dropped it! I did get it plugged back in before it turned off though, so that was good.

After dinner this evening I suddenly have a brilliant thought: I should call Lucy! Yes, that would be fun! So I dial up her number, get a voice mail thing telling me to leave a message, then like 10 minutes later... RIIIIIIIIIING! "Sarah! It's for you!" That was fast :-) We talked for like 2 hours... Something my parents typically don't let me do. But since I never get to see Lucy and don't talk to her like every day, they let me, which I'm quite grateful for. It was a very enjoyable convo and I even got myself an over the phone piano recital! As side from a bit of phone fuzz, it really was very good! Once it was almost 9 we decided it was about time to get off and we had one of those good bye's as only happen with Lucy and I. Yup-- sidetracked! lol. We say we should go, then suddenly get reminded of something and start talking again... it takes us probably 3 rounds of "Oh, we really should be going" before we actually go. But I don't mind a bit! It's just so fun to talk!