Post-Holiday Post

So Christmas has now officially come and gone. And I did manage to post once during the holiday. I'll try and break it down a bit and stick to essentials.

The job.
Christmas was great for the job. Although I didn't get a lot of time off, I got enough including New Years Eve Eve, New Years Eve and New Years Day. It made for a lot of traveling but well worth it looking back. Unfortunately now my job is sliding into the two least profitable months of the year. It's my first time with this company so we'll see how it goes. I know everyone has they're reservations about commission based jobs but so far this one has gone pretty well.

Holidays.
We broke new ground this holiday season as a girlfriend spent Christmas with me. And what I mean is she didn't go home at all. For Edna home is a pretty pricey plane ticket (usu. $400 one-way) and she had just been home for a wedding.
Truthfully I was worried she might be really upset and sad by the whole affair but she told me she had a fantastic time. Her birthday is right around Christmas too and so having birthday cake and presents aren't something she's seen in awhile. A round of applause to my family (esp. my mom) who made all that happen, unbeknownest to me.

Technology.
My laptop is breaking. Hardcore. This really sucks because I've only had it, 2 and half years or so. It was shitty choice, I realize now. I didn't do nearly enough research. But I don't want to break the bank on a new laptop. Any clever solutions to this?
I'm also realizing my phone is out of date. Well, it's not out of date, I just want something a bit meatier. I need something that I can use to get on the internet. I bought my phone right before the sort of next gen Blackberry/Palm devices got thin and nice and reasonably priced. (Did you feel the cadence in that sentence by the way?) For the record, they're still to expensive it's just that phone companies are anteing up with the looming Google phone service (or whatever the hell they're planning) on the horizon.

Hopefully I can remedy both of these soon.