After two or so years of saving up and waiting for the perfect opportunity, I finally have a scanner/printer.

Turns out there's an OfficeMax by my parents' that's closing. I went in last Sunday to inquire about 11 x 17 scanners. They had some, but they were "only" 30% off. I asked when they were closing, which, I learned, was mid-May. So I took a gamble and waited a few days in the hopes that the price would drop.

Well, the price did drop today. Also, since the last one they had was the display, I got a further discount. I just didn't get a box. Would I get the thing home safe? That was another gamble.

I drove it home safely wedged between the back of the driver's seat and the back seat. Getting it out and hauling it up the stairs to my apartment was where the real trial would begin. Believe me, that thing is enormous. And pretty heavy. Juggling it while trying to unlock and open the front door was fun. And by "fun", I mean "not at all fun". I'm just glad that I had the foresight to clean off my desk before setting it down.

Praying that it would actually function (because they didn't accept returns and I had payed $140+ for it), I plugged it in and set it up. I had to jump through a few hoops to install the software for it, but in the end, it was a successful endeavor.

Now the only downside is that I'm out of excuses for not posting stuff. And that's not so bad.