an iPaq 3635<\/a> a few years ago (2001) as an anniversary gift – and used it like crazy for about 18 months (you know, past warrantee) and it was broken during a car shopping trip with my Mom. I didn’t have the money to get it fixed, neither did Mom but she always felt responsible. It’s not totally destroyed – in fact I may wind up having Kimiko use it as a “read only” device for my contacts and schedule and so on – but the data entry portion is just a bit – whacked. I checked and it’s a $200 repair. I bid $50 for one just like mine at an auction but was out-bid right away.<\/p>\nSo while I was discussing the current crisis with my family (Mom, Aunt) they were asking me how I could avoid some of the fears of being out of touch. We discussed a laptop (too expensive) and then the topic of handhelds came up again. We discussed that I used to have one, and what happened to it.<\/p>\n
Long and short, it looks like between my birthday and residual guilt over the death of the old one I will be acquiring a new one mostly as a present. It seems like an indulgence, and I wouldn’t do it entirely on my own dime; but with financial input from them and their encouragement (they really didn’t like the way I got f*cked these last 2 weeks) that’s how it looks. <\/p>\n
I know that if I take them up on it that this will not be the most popular decision I have ever made with some of people who care about me. They tend to think I am too gadget and “stuff” oriented in inappropriate ways. I can only make the best decisions I know how and hope that in the end they trust my judgment.<\/p>\n
ed note: this paragraph deleted ’cause it sounded like whining<\/em><\/p>\nI’ll just have to lay down the damn law<\/em><\/strong> if it gets out of hand \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\nSeriously, I really do appreciate all that has happened over the last number of years to help me (gasp) mature, get a grip on my impulse spending (mostly, you have to have a little fun) and I think I have respoded with a fair amount of success and personal growth. So thanks for the watch dogging… I’m better for it.<\/p>\n
But you have to trust me on this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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