Well let me think of things that have happened since my last post... A couple of weeks ago I found out my computer wasn't working for online classes. When I tried logging into blackboard it would come up saying an error has occurred. Boy did that stress me out! I called Snow College's computer department which did and did not help. The first lady I called, I explained how the problem only occurred on my computer and that I was able to log in on other computers just fine. She then told me the obvious answer which I already knew. "Oh there is something wrong with your computer. You will need to get that fixed. Good thing you found that out before classes started!" In the back of my head I'm thinking... duh! So then the next two guys I called they didn't answer. Then the last guy I called, if I had just listened to him in the first place, it would have saved me a load of stress! He told me the things to check were uploading the latest adobe, check window settings, and download the latest java. I don't know what I was thinking, but I only checked the window settings. So I talked to Reed and he said he had a computer friend that could possibly look at it. I text my home teacher and asked if he knew anyone in the ward that was big into computers. He found someone for me. Long story short, I took my computer to church and the girl (Aubrey) couldn't really look at it because we didn't have the Internet at that moment. So she said to just email her so we could set up a time to do it later. Reed's friend came over for fhe with his family, but they had to hurry and leave and didn't have time to look at it so he said if I needed help later in the week to just give him a call. Reed said he would look at it to see if he could fix the problem. Well Reed couldn't figure out the problem so he said he would call his friend. His friend didn't answer. During all this time I am just stressed out! What ended up happening was Reed and I figured out how to upgrade Java. I did that and the problem was fixed. If I had just listened to the dang snow computer guy in the first place I would have been better off! I guess many lessons can be learned from this experience. Technology problem #2... Two Sunday's ago I get in my car to come home from church. This particular Sunday was absolutely wonderful! It was fast Sunday so testimony meeting was amazing. During church I was able to pay my tithing which was such a blessing! Also during church I got a new perspective on trials. So I was just feeling really really good and probably the best I'd felt in the last couple of days (keep in mind this was during the time of the computer incident). So I get in the car, turn on my GPS and what comes up? A blank white screen with a little black dot, and the words "press black dot." After pressing the black dot like fifty times, nothing happened! I turned it on and off and on and off and still the screen stayed the same. I became filled with anger. I was mad that I just had an amazing time at church and then something like this happens! I didn't even know if I knew the way home. Well I made it home without the GPS that day. So the next day I packaged it up and took it back to Walmart. Problem #1... I lost the receipt. problem #2... I paid for the GPS with cash! Well Walmart said they couldn't do anything about it because they have some dumb policy where they don't take back electronics after fifteen days of the purchase. So here I was stuck with a broken GPS. I called Garmin and waited on the phone for fifteen minutes. The guy was actually very helpful. He had me try downloading something on to my computer to update my GPS. That process took like thirty minutes. That ended up not even working so he said I could do whats called a "nu for nu." I send back my GPS and show proof that I bought it in like the last 90 days and they send me back a brand new GPS. Well I didn't have the receipt so he said the next best thing he could do was have me send in my GPS and they would send me back a refurbished GPS. He said I wouldn't even be able to tell a difference. So I was all for it. No instructions were given on how to send back the GPS, so I packaged it up in the box with all the accessories and sent it back. Four days later I get an email from Garmin with instructions on how to send back the GPS. They specifically said in the email to only send back the GPS and nothing else. Well it would have been nice to know this before sending it away! So once again I had to call up Garmin (only waited like three minutes this time which was nice) and tell them my situation of how I sent everything back. The lady was able to help me out, so hopefully when I do get my GPS back that it will have the accessories with it! In the mean time, I am still waiting for my GPS. The next Sunday I had to drive to church without a GPS and luckily I did fine. On my way to church I caught a glimpse of a sign that I'd never seen before, so I decided to take a picture of it....
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| So it's hard to read... it was quite a bit a way. |
Today I had to drive into Boston WITHOUT a GPS. Boy did it stress me out! Getting there was actually not even a problem because I arrived in the afternoon. Getting home was a little more challenging but I'll get to that in a second. First let me explain what I did in Boston. As I mentioned before, Aubrey was going to help me with my computer problem... but then that problem got fixed. So I decided to see if she would still want to hang out. I'm so glad we did because it was so much fun! We went sailing on the Charleston River. Aubrey just got her sailing card back in July so she can take people out sailing. It was so much fun being out on the river. Something about being out on the water is just so relaxing. After, we took the T to her apt, ate dinner and then watched a movie. She wanted to go to bed early which I had no problem with because I did not want to be driving late at night without a GPS. I road the T by myself (first time by myself) back to my car which took about thirty minutes. That ended up not even being the hard part. I set the route in my phone GPS and it came up saying that it couldn't connect. I tried a couple of times and it still wasn't working! So I said a quick prayer, turned it off, turned it on, and it worked. Amazing how prayer works. Right out of the gate the same exact thing that happened to me the first time happened again! I missed a turn, and ended up driving a little bit all over the place. I got the sick feeling in my stomach again, but this time I stayed calmer. I was able to find my way back to I-90 and then made it home safe and sound! HF really does look out. Overall it was a very very fun day!
So this is a picture of a one-thousand piece puzzle that Reed, Sheryl, Mark, and myself assembled. It took three days but we got it done! The third day, Sheryl and Reed worked on in for a couple of hours and then I worked on it for four hours straight by myself and finished it! It was very hard, but actually really fun :) I'm ready for another one!
