Death of a Computer

I guess when a computer decides that it's time to go, it goes in a fashion that suits it.  That's exactly what my computer did on Friday afternoon.  It's somewhat ironic that it went when it did because Clint and I 45 minutes earlier were in the Apple Store on the Plaza pricing his new computer that he's going to get this fall. When we got home Clint and Dade were lying down for a nap, so I got on the computer to play some games.

The computer froze and went to the blue screen of death and starting yelling at me like computers can do. Beeping really loudly! What the beeping was trying to tell me was that the hard drive could not be detected.  I panicked. I knew how important the computer was because

1. It was the only one we have right now

2. Clint needed to start layout on a project.

I heard Dade crying upstairs so I went to tell Clint what happened. He looked at it shocked and started to think about what was lost.  Luckily we only lost a few important documents that were not backed up somewhere but none of the current manuscripts for projects.

With some super quick thinking, I got everything arranged to get my desktop computer here at the house. Our buddy Ethan had to pull everything out of the CPU and put it back in because it hadn't been used in a while, but it's up and working!!

ADDED BONUS! I now have a computer for school for the kiddos once we go back.  I was planning on using the desktop in my classroom for educational games and what not for the kiddos.  Now that it's ready to go I can take it this fall.

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Clint and I are leaving for Chicago later this afternoon! I'm so excited!! Everyone will be shocked and amazed to know that I'm not checking any luggage (it costs extra) and managed to get all my items in a carry on bag!! We are all packed except for the last of the bathroom items (my Chi and some of Clint's items) and our satchel bags.

Clint's got some errands to run this morning, so when he gets back I'm going to head into the school and grab a laptop from there and get an open PO so I can purchase books at my conference.

I'll try and post some stuff from Chicago if I get a chance!