Man, the rest of today, and all day Monday and Tuesday are gonna suck.  Those are the days I'll be impatiently anticipating my laptop's arrival, which comes on Tuesday night

Basically, my mom and I finally worked something out so I could get the laptop. She has a credit card that she has never touched, and uses to keep her credit score up. I had $550 in my bank account, so wee called up MacMall, and had them do a special order dividing the cost between the credit card and my debit card. I paid $400 up front, my mom paid the remaining $1800, and I'll pay her back over the next 3 months. It's actually a better deal than the Bill Me Later that I was gonna do.

So anyhoo, it's going to be hell waiting for my laptop.