Oh man, five minutes til midnight and here I am, cranking out the day’s post. Shit, when is this NaBloPoMo over? Just kidding. It is definitely a race to the finish line at the end of each day, but I’m sorta getting the hang of this I think. It seems the words are flowing more freely. I dunno. Feels that way anyhow.

So today… what did I do? The house was actually freezing this morning, so I stayed in bed (with the heated topper) longer than I had intended. Granted, I had awoken at 4a to use the bathroom, and then I couldn’t go back to sleep. I dunno, I had some irrational fears that the jeweler was going to get my ring’s model number all wrong and then maybe my ring would get swapped out entirely with a different setting. I know, I told you it was an irrational fear. Anyway, after digging around online, I finally found my model number,  and naturally, after that task was done, I switched over to shopping for my next piece of jewelry to purchase. I feel a little weird, because twice now, I have gone to this jeweler to handle the repair of my ring, and she hasn’t gotten any business from me. We purchased the ring 11 years ago from Bailey Banks and Biddle in Virginia. That store has since shut down, so really, she’s just offering this service (as an authorized seller) to send it to the maker. But repairs are typically covered under warranty, so that doesn’t translate into real dollars for her. I DID write her business its very first Yelp review, but… Oh well, John keeps saying he wants to buy me something nice and pretty. I’m thinking wedding bands are pretty outrageously priced, so instead, I’m eyeing some bracelets. Check this baby out. Gorgeous, right? I’ll have to see if it’s anywhere in store: I need to try it on, because as I learned, shit always looks different standing alone vs. on my wrist/hand.

Long story short, I was up from about 4 -7a putzing around online. Not looking at jewelry the entire time, but definitely trolling all over the goddamn internet. It’s a freaking bottomless time sink. Then, I did Mary Maddux and crashed into deep slumber for a couple more hours. When I finally got going, I came across a tech review of a laptop (different than the one I had ordered) that released last month and costs $300 cheaper with a better screen resolution!! Goddamnit! So we went to Best Buy to check it out. The Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro is quite impressive. Tomorrow, I’ll have to hit the Microsoft Store to see how the Acer Aspire S7 compares. I guess I can always send back the unopened box to Amazon. It’s just a hassle. Ho hum, another day in the life of a hustler. Always trying to get the best deal. I need to stop doing so much product research, right? Haha.

In the evening, I had another business meeting at the ranch. A group of us spent two and a half hours discussing branding and such. I met the digital marketing specialist lady. She seemed knowledgeable. For the three of us outsiders helping the ranch with business development, I feel like there’s overlap in our areas of expertise and skills (web and marketing), but I’m kinda ok with sitting back on the web and newsletter content and instead focusing more on sales. It’s a more challenging exercise for me this way. Anyway, the branding meeting was productive– it just ran long. Tomorrow, I head back for my weekly lesson at noon. I think after a week of rain, it’ll be beautiful out.

And tonight I’m ending my day by hitting the books again. I finished watching this week’s lectures for the marketing class, and now I’m about ready to take the second quiz. I took copious notes, so hopefully all goes well. Wish me luck!