Things weren’t as bad as I thought they were going to be when I went to work on Monday. Things always seem so much worse when you can’t do anything about the situation except worry, instead of something productive to try to resolve it. But when I put my head down on Monday and tried to sort everything out, things weren’t so bad. It’s not entirely resolved, but I do think I made some progress. I’m just a born worrier - I remember the night before I started Grade 2, I was bawling my eyes out because I was worried that I wouldn’t get a pencil when I started class. Naturally that worry was unfounded, but it doesn’t stop me from pulling the Pencil Routine every now and then. Even though I know in my brain that things will be resolved, I still find it hard to believe that it will actually happen.

I think I need to buy an mp3 player. Well ok, I don’t need one, but I’m getting pretty bored with my walking every day, and I think it would help to have something to motivate me. I just want something small that I can hang around my neck, so I don’t have to carry it, and since my walks are generally fairly short (as in around 25 minutes or so), I don’t need to be able to fit that many tracks on it (although the more the merrier as they say). I thought about buying an iPod Shuffle, but they’re pretty pricey for what they are. I had a look on eBay, hoping to find a cheap 512 Mb (I guess I could live with 256 Mb) player, but I think my definition of ‘cheap’ and normal people’s definition is different. It’s not too much to ask to want a kick ass player with around 10 hours or so battery life (and rechargeable battery - none of this AAA crap) for around 10 bucks is it? I didn’t think so.

I also want a new mobile phone. I had my heart set on the Samsung D500 (Rich beat me to it!), but now another has caught my eye. The problem is that it’s not available here (and I doubt it will be), so if I got it, I’d have to order it from overseas without having seen one in person first, which is pretty risky. The specs sound good, and the reviews I’ve read are good, so I think it would be ok. If only the Sharp GX30i didn’t have bloody Vodafone logos all over it, I’d get one of those. The screen is brilliant. The one I’m pining after has a screen of the same resolution, so I’m hoping it would be pretty good too. Mmmm gadget shopping.