Today is my 31st birthday.

It's also the half-way point of what has been a very rough year for me. First I lose internet at the end of February, and don't get it back until near the end of April. And then a month after getting that back, my computer dies on me without any warning, after almost 9 years without any kind of hardware problems. If you were wondering why I've been more quiet lately, those are the reasons why.

But I do have a new computer now, and it only took a week and a half to get it this time (I think I had to wait several months before I was able to get the last one.)