It's been a bad day. I feel like my bank account is hemmoraghing money, and like the world is designed to get you coming and going.
I wrote earlier about the hot tub being a money pit. Sure, I accept responsibility for that. I will have repair visit No. 3 in the past month this week.
Then, when I went to install some very important new software on my mac, software I use to run all of my web businesses and multimedia and freelance graphic design, it turns out I need to buy a new operating system to run it on my computer. I bought my Mac 2 months before the new operating system came out,and the new software needs the new operating system. Ugh. I can't do anything without it, so that's another $130 out the door.
A friend is also in the hospital, at risk of having her baby 2 months early. She doesn't have anything for the baby yet. So, we're all running around trying to make sure she has the basics should the baby come out soon. We know her hubby will not have the time or energy to shop and set up a nursery. I don't mind that so much, but that is money out earlier than I expected.
I feel like I am swimming against the current. I guess everyone who's trying to save feels like that eventually, right?
I guess I'm not taking all of this in stride as I normally do, because I'm already feeling really down. I missed dad a lot today and the exhaustion of not sleeping and taking care of baby, and trying to keep my career together really got to me today.
Feeling defeated. And sad.
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I remember those days.
I love Macs.... Well, still do, but cost is the reason why I personally don't use Macs or Windows at home.
However, since you are running your business with these software, you may not have a choice so that's a little different.
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On this backdrop, every obstacle seems bigger, because I feel like "can't the universe just give me a break?"
August 19th, 2008 at 03:23 pm 1219159407
so far, Amazon has the cheapest price on the OS. I have a $25 GC for there from credit card rewards and am expecting another soon. The Coinstar machine at my grocery store also will convert your change into an Amazon GC WITHOUT paying the usual fee. So, I'm going to round up the spare change, and use the two gift cards so I can hopefully get my actual cash outlaw to below $50. That makes me feel a little better.
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I am not sure on the exact problem (it's techie) but my spouse just figured out his old Adobe Premier software is not compatible with his new computer (just replaced because it was crashed). He told me it was $600 or something - the software - OMG. Almost as much as the computer we just bought. Not sure what we will do - it can wait, but he can not use his new faster/better system to edit. Figures.
Anyway, it's just one of those months. I am not feeling alone on the boards (seem like a streak of bad luck has hit many) BUT you are certainly going through much. Hang in there!
August 19th, 2008 at 08:04 pm 1219176240
Or, maybe he can run down to the community college and get a student version. I've done that before!
August 20th, 2008 at 01:43 pm 1219239802
I will mention the virtual OS thing. Yeah, it is not compatible with Vista - that is the problem. It almost seems it would be more worth it to keep XP for a while.
I think he is kind of using it as an excuse to upgrade within the year. We are fighting a bit about that.
I can't complain too much, just terrible timing. My friend worked for Adobe and he got a $1500 or so package for $35.
I no longer know anyone who works at Adobe. *sigh*
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The sad part is, Vista is packed with a lot of nifty technology, but the sum of its parts is still not compelling enough to make it a must-have among consumers.
So, that's the trick for them right now. Making it an industry must-have. (And no, ending support for XP is NOT the way to do it, Microsoft!) Or maybe going back to the drawing board and build an optimized OS from scratch, and build it beautifully. Microsoft has the clout to do so, but we'll see.