My Single Mom Life

I've been so wrapped up in chaos and now planning a vacation, that it didn't even register with me, even though I was saying it every time I said that we were flying out on August 15th, Mark's birthday, that it was his birthday.
I mean, I know it's birthday, but it wasn't clicking in my brain. Ha ha.

So tonight, it finally clicked, and I was all dude, in 1 month, you're turning 18, so have you thought about what you might want for your birthday?
I reminded him that I'm doing everything that I can to take them to Maine to visit the grandparents, so he'll be there with his family for his birthday week which is totally awesome, I know that Great-Gram and Aunt Heather will love seeing him for his birthday, but I still want to get him something.
He said that he doesn't know what he wants yet, he's thought about a bunch of stuff, but hasn't nailed down what he'd like to have yet.

I would still like to get him a laptop, he's going to need one for when he goes to MCC in the fall. (Yes, I know they changed their name, but the new name escapes me at the moment)
So while he's deciding what he wants, I thought I'd go and check out what Buy.com has on sale this week.
They actually have 2 laptops on sale this week, it seems like they always have at least one laptop on sale every week, which is really good for people who are ready to buy one but don't have the money to spend $1,000 or more on one.

They have an Acer Aspire 5536-5165 Notebook for $479.99 with free shipping, and a refurbished HP G70-257CL Notebook for $499.99.
If I had the money to get him one right now, which I don't because taking them to Maine is my #1 priority right at the moment, but I will be trying to get him one when we get back, I would get him the Acer.

The Acer Aspire has everything that he would need to take notes, write papers, and it even has enough GB on it that he could install his WoW game on it.
Features
Screen Size 15.6"
Processor Manufacturer AMD
Hard Drive Capacity 320GB
Network Technology Wi-Fi Gigabit Ethernet
It comes with Windows Vista and a dvd writer, and all kinds of stuff, it would work very well for both his school needs and his gaming needs.
I am sure that when I am ready to buy him one, they will have another laptop on sale, or maybe they will even have this one back on sale again, I've seen this one on their weekly sale list every couple of months now.