I was finally able to do my taxes too - did 'em V-Day. I love getting a nice chunk of return. I actually might be able to buy a new laptop this year (on top of my house fund) - my laptop's been dying-dying-dying for a long time and I tried to replace it with an iPad almost exactly a year ago. The transition wasn't smooth and the iPad screen's shattered (thanks cat) which costs $250 to replace which is just...not worth it.

So a year after I was like "holy shit I need to prepare for this monster to die" I might actually be able to get a functional replacement!

- or do you guys think I should try and eke out another year? :D Had the POS since at least 2012. The disk drive started making a clicking noise constantly and randomly so I just took it out like, last year. Three of the 4 USB hubs work intermittently at best (they might not work at all, tbh). I have Open Office and haven't updated in forever and OO is another POS anyway. Oh, and something's wrong with/stuck onto/dragging on either the mousepad or the mouse nub, because sometimes, randomly, my mouse will start dragging in an upwards diagonal on the screen.

It's a real fun laptop!