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October 27, 2005
There's been an accedent in the family :'(
OK, so this is not my hard drive, but I feel like it could be. Yesterday I got back to the room and i noticed my HD was spinning, so i tried to wake my comp up from sleep, to no avail. I finally shut it down, tried to turn it on a couple more times, and realized something horrible was wrong. Who ever said having a family full of computer engineers was a bad thing...I called my dad, explained the issue and got some sound advice: turn it off now, don't turn it back on. It isn't so far gone that it's giving me messages explaining that it is infact dying, so there may be some hope. I haven't done anything to it since last night, but I'd like to be able to back up my data onto my iPod. The only problem is, I'd need to turn my poor computer back on...I know that hard drives are funny things and the simplest action could send it to those purely gates of the computer parts dumpster. I'm a little ticked off at Apple too, my warrantee has been over for less than 6 months...oh well...the worst that will happen is I will loose all my pictures and need to shell out some non-existent money for a new HD.
That's what's going on with my computer, but unfortunately I have a ton of other stuff to deal with too. Apparently Julie is moving out next semester, for various reasons she tells me. I'm gonna miss her a lot, it is so nice to have a roommate that is there some of the time, and not others. The thing i'm worried about is that apparently Cornell is really short on housing, so theres a big chance they'll stick someone else in my room...the other thing is if they don't, then i'm stuck being by myself all the time - I don't have any close friends nearby. So that kinda stinks...
Also, I need to look for housing for next year. I don't want to be stuck on campus again, especially since my friends are getting a house/appt. The only problem is that i want to go abroad too, and I thought I had it all figured out b/c on of my other friends wants to go abroad as well, so we could just switch off semesters. The only problem is now he's not wanting to deal with the issue of deciding, so he says he's just going to live on campus. So I'm stuck again...I really, really don't want to live by myself on campus, and none of my other friends are going abroad/living in a house. I don't know what to do...I may end up rooming with one of my friends in the house if the landlord allows it, but I would really want my own space. So I need to deal with that situation, and get on top of looking for places.
The wire behind my front teeth has also come undone again, there's a little piece that's poking out and sticks my tongue sometimes...just to add to my annoyances.
And to top it all off, I have work all this weekend, a prelim today, and three next week...so no chance to slow down. I just want to curl up in a corner and sleep until after next friday.
Posted by agutwin at October 27, 2005 10:18 AM
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Welcome to the college life, my friend, of broken computers, housing issues, and work-study until the cows come home...
Posted by: Becca at October 27, 2005 03:47 PM
ouch... life can serve up tough stuff to deal with - but deal with you must. deal with one issue at a time and you will get through. we all do. and remember...life could always be worse!
Posted by: mom at October 27, 2005 08:22 PM