This week has been all about getting into school again. After last week’s break, I’m starting a new quarter, with a new schedule to adjust to. Most of my classes are front loaded at the beginning of the week, which is nice. I much prefer a schedule like that.

Anyway, yesterday, I practically tackled the FedEx guy. I was expecting three packages yesterday and it said they required a signature. My dad has a way of not answering the door, so I was a little afraid that I’d miss it and I’d have to go to pick it up.

So when the door bell rang, I practically vaulted to the door, only for my mom to get it. Dang. Forgot she was home. But wait! There was only two packages, and not only did the guy not require a signature (when he should have) he only delivered two packages.

*sigh*

Cue more waiting.

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In the meantime, I did a happy little dance, and opened the two packages. The first one is my new camera lens for my Nikon D90. It suffered a suntan lotion accident some time ago, so the lens wasn’t working. Then I realized the camera’s mirror is loose, so I’m still going to have to take it in to be cleaned and fixed. I was kinda hoping to avoid that… Anyway, I’m super happy that it’s taking pictures now. But since I have a digital photography class this term, I really wanted to use my camera for that. Will need to see what I can do. :/

The second package was my new laptop backpack. I’ve been carrying the black Targus backpack for nearly six years. If you’re in the market for a decent backpack that will last forever, I highly recommend that brand. They are incredibly durable. Anyway, the brand is kinda boring. You mostly find them on military exchanges, which means they need to be black for military peeps to carry them in uniform. i wanted something colorful, so I got a really durable, super pretty green, white, and grey plaid backpack. It’s awesome and has back cushioning that allows venting, which in Texas, is kinda important.

So the FedEx guy shows back up about 20 min later, probably cussing because he had to come back. Well, dude, if you’d waited for my signature like you were supposed to, I’d have told you there was a third. Oh, and this time, he asks for a signature. Now this package is huge. It’s about three feet in length, maybe two and a half in width, but it’s skinny.

I open it, and unpack the whole thing. More than half of the box is bubble wrap. I finally get down to the contents, my new Wacom pen tablet, and it’s literally less than half the size of the package it came in. THe actual tablet itself is about the length of my arm, from my fingertips to my elbow. It’s crazy, but I’m kinda glad, because it’s both obscured from what anyone might think is in the package, and protected by the two tons of bubble wrap.

I’m super excited to play with my new tablet. This means drawing on the computer is going to be a lot more fun. This means more digital illustration. I can’t wait. And digital illustration will fit neatly into my next project’s plans, which I still haven’t talked about here, but I’m still getting the details of the project ironed out. Everyone will know as soon as I know…

Today, I’ve got class and then it’s #writersdatenight with Sidney. I’m going to purposely leave my tablet at home so I get work done…