Score Two for the Steamroller

1. Thursday night I left her a note saying "If you could get a rent check to me by Sunday, I'd really appreciate it." Within a half hour of her coming home (and seeing my note) a rent check was slid under my bedroom door, along with an apology. Today she told me that she may forget in the future but encouraged me to not be shy about asking her for rent a couple of days before the first of each month. I once had an awful experience with asking a roommate to pay me the rent she owed, and I'm very relieved and happy with the Steamroller's response.

2. We ordered high speed internet because the Steamroller wanted it. It arrived, her computer is all hooked up, and today her boyfriend tried to hook up my computer as well. He couldn't. Steamroller kneeled on the floor near my bed working on my laptop right along with him, even going so far as to call a friend of hers for help. Despite my writing this via dial-up and AOL, she and her boyfriend have a few more ideas and are going to implement them as soon as they shovel their lunch. I'm really pleased that they're not giving up on getting me into the 21st century.