my decorating.

When I was starting to date Miranda, a family decision was made that if she saw my house the way it was, that was pretty much it. So Mom, Dad, and Grandma all came up and we spent a few hours cleaning my house. My main problem was that I had my computer desk in my living room. I had 4 or 5 computers, a scanner and any number of plates on my desk at the same time. I lived in front off my computer. I mean this in the literal sense except for sleeping and bathroom breaks. I ate at McDonalds, Burger King, or Pizza Hut every meal so I never went to the refrigerator. Breakfast would be pop-tarts (thus the plates). When I would put something in the refrig, it would turn into other stuff before it was cleaned out. I'm honestly not sure how I made it as a single guy. It was a meager existence. The place still wasn't up to par but Miranda didn't get too grossed out.

In case you are wondering about all the computers... 1 laptop, 1 Mac, 1 PC Desktop, and 2 Alphas. Why 2 Alphas? My friend, Rocky (committed suicide), was telling me about the Alphas for sale on the internet (late 90's). They were way ahead of their time but just didn't make it. Anyway, he said they were for sale for $300 but he said "be careful because their website is messed up and I accidently ordered 2 of them." So I'm sitting at home and order one. The website was taking forever and I wasn't getting a response, so I pressed the Refresh button on the browser. I ended up with 2 Alphas. This was back in the day with 2400 baud modems. Those were not the "good ole days" (at least for internet usage).

After marriage, we sort of paired down on computers but it's going back up again. I have 2, Miranda has her pink laptop, and I have my work laptop.

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