This weekend has been packed with lots of stuff. My nephew and I did finish cleaning up the apartment, and we even changed things around too. I like the new setup! I can see the tv and the kitchen table is near the desk so I can quickly move from one to the other.

We also visited Dave and played a round of Risk. Dave beat us handily, though we didn't have the rules so we started off with a great deal more armies than we should have. It may have ended up the same way though, with Dave's amazing luck. Tom still thinks Dave should have been born in Vegas.

I can understand why Dave feels he doesn't belong in the section of the hospital that he's in. The other folk in that section had a great deal more problems than Dave displayed. Dave says he can't wait to get out, and is looking forward to being back at his apartment. He is going to have part of his lung removed, but certainly after he returns home for a while. He looks worlds better and we're all hoping for the best.

Sunday was also the night I assembled the computer and found out the motherboard I have needs a BIOS update before I can run the processor in it. There are so many things I should have considered before making the purchases I did. The process and knowledge required to build your own PC were two of the reasons I dropped out of the computer hardware race in the first place. Thankfully, everything is still compatable, but I don't trust myself to do a BIOS update on my own and I plan on leaving it in the hands of someone more knowledgeable than myself. My situation can be likened to putting a beefy v8 320hp engine in a Dodge Neon. The processor is very beefy, and it was even $40 cheaper than the slower processor was originally planning on getting, but it's actually too powerful for my motherboard without that new BIOS update. I still won't be getting all the power out of it that I should but that can wait for a future update.

All in all it's been a good weekend. Hopefully the new machine will be up and running by next weekend. News to look forward to: Part time job!