Whew and Wha????

I just finished the first draft of my thesis (and have a firm defense date, scheduled, May 26th). I realize that the first draft is not going to be the final, and I have a bit of work left to do. It is, however, such a relief to have a (relatively) complete version finished!

And, because I"ve been doing a lot of "last things" recently, I did my last teaching conference (which we get paid a small amount of money into our "educational" fund for). So, I went to buy a new laptop with the money. It wasn"t a very expensive laptop ($800), just something that"s lighter that will get me through until I start my real job (soon!!! Licensing is done, credentialling is almost done). Anyway, BestBuy tried to sell me a $500 extended warrenty. On an $800 laptop! If I had $500 to spend on an extended warrenty, I would just buy a new computer when the new one breaks.