So my iPod died the day I left Utah for Idaho. It wouldn't have been so bad if I had a radio in my car or could find my warranty information that I packed in a box and put somewhere in storage. So instead of freaking out (okay, there was some freaking out), I used part of my tax return to buy a bigger, better iPod.

It was delivered right to my door, two days earlier than expected. I told the UPS man I loved him and barely refrained from kissing him. I tore open the box and found my shiny pink iPod nano nestled in a tiny white box. It was like Christmas, only better.

Now I can walk around campus, do my homework, lay on my bed--whatever I feel like doing--and never have to turn off my music. Okay, if I want to actually get something done I will have to turn off my music. But I've had portions of songs suck in my head for days now, and I can finally listen to the songs that are stuck there.

Now I just need to get my shuffle fixed and I can bop away to two songs at once. Or I can put music on the nano and put an audio book on the shuffle and choose which one I feel like listening to. Or I could put all of my writing music on the shuffle and keep the nano for everyday stuff. Or I can make playlists for my friend who is due to have a baby next month and make her expose her child to the best music as early as possible--I could even get her a pair of headphones to fit over her belly.

The possibilities are endless! Between this and the Sox winning today, I am reading to take on the world. I say bring it on poetry unit! Bring it on first math test I have taken in almost ten years! Bring it on global warming! I will take you all down! Okay, maybe not the poetry unit--that can leave it wherever it is poetry brings it from.