Recap

1. Flew to Milwaukee - luggage got lost for the THIRD time this summer, fourth this year.

2. Lutheran conference was very good fun - played Bach, went well.

3. Went on road trip with parents, Holly and Hannah. Five people, five person car. Tons and tons of Scrabble. Holly won mostly, I only beat her once. She has taken the Scrabble Crown. Hannah is still Boggle Queen. Saw Gettysburg and DC. Walked enough miles to start my own personal walk-a-thon.

4. Cousin Shelly got married - a very good party. Pictures will come.

3. Got on early flight Wednesday morning to return to Boston. Did software update on my mac (a mistake, as you shall see). Enjoyed birthday feast for Tatiana's 25th.

4. Rehearsal for wedding yesterday, went well. Got my life back together and started organizing since school only starts in 2 weeks. However, in the organizing and emailing frenzy, my trusty, beloved iMac died. Not died died - it isn't a sad mac (a frown face when you hit the start button), but something is up with the hard drive, most likely from the software update. I've kept putting newer and newer technology on an older and older computer, and it finally couldn't really take it anymore. I spent some time on the phone with my dad trying to get it back to working, but no. He doesn't think the hard drive is completely lost, especially since it is still smiling when I hit start. However, it has been six years, and it has never truly failed me once till now - not once. It has done its duty, and its time to be done. Tomorrow morning, on this tax free weekend in Boston, I shall buy my next Mac. I have been planning to get a new one since I knew I was starting my dma this fall, and its a good time of year to get one anyway since I'll get a free ipod. My ipod is dying too, lately - its five years old.

5. Today was running a lot of errands - Molly and I rented a car and got new furniture, lots of groceries, and general stuff for a new school year (me) and start of real life (Molly).

The next post will be from my new Mac laptop!