24-48 hours...hopefully...

So my computer died...
Completely...

And I didn't have anything backed up. Even though I have an external hardrive sitting two feet away from my computer. Great...

So I took it up to CompUSA this morning, and they are going to try and get all the information off of my hardrive and onto the external drive.

It has everything on it. Pictures, homework, research data, notes from people, other random crap that I will miss. So keep your fingers crossed that they are able to retrieve everything.

It should be reading in 24-48 hours...depending on how slow they decide to work on the weekend. The guy who helped me actually said that! I mean, yeah, of course they are going to be really busy on the weekend (and yeah, I would probably work slower on the weekend too...working weekends sucks) but would you really advertise that fact to your customers lol. The guy was funny and helpful though and I got a kick out of it. I'm sure he wouldnt have said that to some pissed off business guy who has all his work documents on his laptop...that would be kind of scary.

Anyway, there is a plus side...well two plus sides.

1. I GET A NEW LAPTOP! I'm really excited actually. My laptop was starting to die last semester and it was just a matter of time before it kicked the bucket as they say. And the best part of getting a new laptop is that it wont way five million pounds like my old one does! lol maybe I will actually be able to carry it around like a laptop is meant to be!

2. It will be a lot easier to sort through all the files and crap I dont want to keep. It will be nice to start from scratch and be able to organize everything so my computer isnt filled up with junk.

The only real problem (other than maybe loosing all my files) is that I do NOT know how I am going to survive a week without a computer. I didnt realize how depended I have become on the internet, not just for work and email but also for intertainment. I normally dont check my email or blog or facebook five hundred times a day, but the fact that I CANT check it, makes me want to like five hundred times a day! So I guess I will just be coming up to campus everyday, or borrowing erich's laptop when he isnt using it. I cant wait for my new computer!

This is worse than Christmas...