Two boring things
I don't feel very blog-inspired at the moment. Yesterday, for some reason, I was so tired it was all I could do to get home from work. And I have two boring things I could write about: finance and computers.
The company I worked for merged with another global company a while back, and there was a big hoo-hah and presentations we had to go to and marketing videos we needed to watch etc. But one thing that was a while in coming was them changing our superannuation fund, which they've done in the last few weeks. Basically doing nothing wasn't an option, and so we were all given this big glossy folder full of incomprehensible finance jargon and numbers and graphs to help us make our decision. I have no idea about any of that stuff, and the reason I have no idea is because I am extremely not interested. But I am working on that. I went along to the seminar and furrowed my brow and tried to get it, and I have now filled in the half-a-dozen necessary forms and learnt lots of new words. So that's been one big excitement.
I also think I need a new laptop. My fan appears to be dead and so my computer overheats if it's on too long (like when I worked from home one day last week) and shuts down. But it's five years old, which appears to be a good innings for a laptop, so I don't know that's it worth fixing, and there are a couple of other little things wrong with it (the battery's had it etc). I don't really want to go out and buy a new one, but it looks like that's what I need to do. Though if anyone wants to tell me otherwise, please do. Then I have to decide which sort. I know a lot of Christians love Macs - they seem to be up there with Jesus for things some people believe in - and I might consider one, except they are a good deal more expensive. I don't really like deciding on new technology. It feels a bit like trying to buy a car. All suggestions welcome! The other thing I want to know is, if I am backing up my computer on an external hard-drive, is that saving my emails?