Small Treasure Tuesdays (on Wednesday)

Because I’m a state employee, I got the lucky pleasure of having Monday off of work in recognition of Columbus Day. It was fabulous. I got to spend the day catching up on some of my writing, doing a freelance article and three chapters in my manuscript. However, the problem with getting a Monday off is that it totally throws you off the rest of the week. I completely forgot yesterday was Tuesday, which meant I forgot about Chantel’s Small Treasure Tuesdays! What kind of blogger friend am I? A neglectful one, let me tell you…

Anyway, better late than never, I will share my small treasures for the week with all of you this fine Wednesday. Aside from the fun I had on Monday getting to write all day and focus on nothing else, which is in and of itself a treasure, I am also making one huge step towards being able to write more often and easily. This last week T and I made the decision to buy me a laptop. I have a state-issued one for work purposes only and a desktop Dell that I have had since I was in law school which was like 2005, so it’s been more than enough time for a new computer. I feel bad because when our critique group sends out copies of our manuscripts, I can’t really make the edits directly on their file because, well, I can’t open their files. The version of Microsoft Word everyone uses is too new for my poor little computer. It’s truly sad. I have to forward all of their emails to T, who prints them off for me at work on his computer. That, and my version of Internet Explorer on my computer is so outdated, it won’t let me comment on certain blogs and won’t display mine properly (the sidebar is all down at the bottom and not on the same page as a post).

So, I have a new Lenovo laptop coming my way as an early Christmas present! Yes! Today I had to go to UPS to pick up the first piece of my package, the Microsoft Key card. I guess they are shipping the items in separate shipments that require adult signatures, so I have to go pick them up as they are received. I’m super excited to get my new computer because I really think this will help me in my next step as a writer. So that’s my small treasure for this week….stop by Chantel’s blog to see other Small Treasures for the week!