In other, happier news, I got a welcome phone call today between bouts of working myself into a lather. Our insurance claim agent called to compliment me on my burglary report and to tell me she would be approving our claim immediately. We'll get the full cost of the laptop back, plus a portion of the cost of the jewelry.

This is a terrific relief, because I ordered a new and better laptop from Dell on Tuesday, and now I don't have to go very deep into my pockets for it. It's a 600m, with a 60 Gb hard drive. I'll fit well over a 1,000 albums onto that puppy!

I love the feature at the Dell site that lets you track the progress of your new computer. Mine is kitted, built, and tested, and is now in the boxing phase. The original predicted ship date was April 11th, so it seems ours is well ahead of schedule. █████ said, "Looks like we're on track for a premature delivery." We'll love our little preemie well.