Whining Is Winning.

I realize I'm a gigantic baby, but working at Logan's computer was really awful. I'd login to gmail and think, "Why the hell am I getting all these notes about bicycles?" or "Why are my friend's husbands emailing me about that stupid bike ride they're doing?" I was especially concerned when a note came through about my successful registration for an upcoming triathlon.

Let's pause there. Me + Triathlon. 

I should do it just for the comic possibilities. I told you all about the time I tried to do a 150 mile bike ride with Logan. We were still dating and I thought, 'Oh, it will be fun to do this together!'. In a moment of intense frustration during the ride I hurled my bike off the side of a hill into the woods. If I got frustrated while swimming, what would I do? Splash and cry? Probably. Or even better, if I got frustrated during the run I'd have to hurl my body over the side of a hill. 

Hilarity.

Logan's been on deck to get a new bike for quite a while. I'm not totally heartless and want him to be happy. When he compared our family Christmas present sofa to his bike though, flames may have shot out of my eyes. Instead of burning his flesh, I tell him not to sit on it since it's MINE ALL MINE.

I've had my laptop for 7 years. Last year it died and a friend was kind enough to put a new hard drive in it for me. Honestly I was as happy with that solution as if I got a new computer. I don't need much out of my computer, so it's fine to use Logan's computer when I wanted to edit pictures, load music on my phone or watch videos (though watching porn at the desk in the dining room is super awkward).

So Old Reliable kept it together pretty well for another year. I had to buy a new power cord after getting one from a reader ("Hi Laura!") and promptly destroying it after tripping on the cord and taking the whole computer down with me. (MagSafe FTW!)

I suspect when I dropped the computer (for the 23rd time) I likely broke the Image Thingie Maker Thing and the computer was not coming back. 

My goal for this computer is to not drop it. I'm going to try real hard. 

Logan had a freelance check coming in he was going to use for his bike when ***bam*** my computer died and a bike moved down on the totem pole of needs. This is because a bike doesn't earn us a single penny...unless Logan's going to become the next Lance Armstrong. I know it's unfair to say this but I can't stand Lance Armstrong. 

Logan's getting his bike next and I'm going to keep whining on the Internet so we can pay for it. 

Wait....okay I'll try to be marginally entertaining soon.

Comments

[alyssa]

At least your whinning doesn't sound like it could shatter glass.

It is hard when we have to make choices between want and need. I hate when I have to ask do I need this or do I want this?

[Nichole]

We had a "this or that" discussion a few days ago. The upshot was: I'm getting a new computer (to replace the one that died last summer), and my husband is going to wait awhile to get a new TV. (Yeah, no triathlons 'round here, ever.) I'm very excited about the new computer, but I can't stop feeling guilty about it, either.

[Dawn]

I can't stand Lance Armstrong either. I feel so free now that I've said it out loud, so to speak.

[Barb]

This shows how self-absorbed I am. A new sofa? Did I miss this? Can we see it?

[Alyce]

I sometimes feel like I am the only one giving up on "me" things for "us" things or "food" or "rent" but not the other way around. So this whining sounds familiar to me. You seem to be handling it much more gracefully than I do.

Also, yay for a new computer!

[Pants]

we've been through the uneven giving up of things. i think we've evened things out for the most part.

(Pants hasn't had a new bike since elementary school and has never purchased a new bike himself)

[Lorna]

I HATE Lance Armstrong.

[Kathy]

Melissa, perhaps creating a 'safe place' where we can all air our Lance Armstrong-related grievances(I CAN'T STAND HIM!!) will be your next profit-generating venture.

[Annabelle]

Lance can suck it. Best of luck with your new computer. You'll have plenty of blog material whining about the new Office suite from Microsoft (unless you're one of the iLemmings). I know I do. (but really, it's growing on me)

[Laura]

did you get a mbp? I love mine.

[Melissa W.]

I am in love with professional cycling. However, I do so hate Lance Armstrong. Good call!

[rachel]

I hate bikes and all things bike related, unless they are my children, on a long bike ride, in the summer, without ME! I do however love new sofas and new computers - yeah you!

[Becky]

You are always entertaining.

I'm not a Lance fan either. He strikes me as someone who'd be an ass in real life.

[DLG in Mich]

Which triathlon is Logan doing? Maybe I'll run into him at the Motor City Tri in June on his shiny new bike! ;-)

[Melissa Summers]

Laura: I just got the cheapest white macbook

[AshleyN]

Oh geez! If I had a dime for every "This is a hobby, not your job" conversation I've had with my husband in regards to triathlon... I take nothing away from the incredible sport of triathlon, but damn it's expensive!

[Jennifer Moore-Arterburn]

I'm delurking to hop on the 'I-Hate-Lance-Armstrong' wagon. His book was titled 'It's Not About the Bike'... yeah, I call bullshit on that.

[Pants]

I'm doing the T Rex (a sprint) at Island Lake on June 23. My first tri...

www.runtrextri.com

[Beth]

It's terrible, I know, but it makes me feel so good when I find other people who dislike --okay, hate-- Lance Armstrong as much as I do! Yay! He spoke at a corporate event my husband went to, and, after apologizing that he couldn't sign "It's All About the Bike" for the 50 people who were at the exclusive event, he proceeded to not give a talk on anything at all but solicit donations for LiveStrong. Balance, much?

[MK]

My husband races (bike) as a hobby. The amount of money that sucks up, even with "sponsors", is ridiculous. Two years ago, he wanted (not needed, wanted) the new team bike. I needed (not wanted, needed) a reliable computer. So that's what I got in exchange for not pitching a fit about the bike, which cost way more than the laptop. We were lucky that we could swing both, but it was still a "damn it, when do I get a new toy?" time because it feels like everything revolves around his racing schedule.

[Daily Cup of Jo]

If I hear one more thing about cancer Lancer, I'm going to scream. (Did I just invite bad karma?)
Macbook whining is the best and really, Logan will get the bike. Patience is a virtue.