I am saying this with my breath held, my fingers crossed, and knocking on wood, but my computer might be fixed. In any case, my boss got it up and running yesterday, I took it home, was able to get on the internet, and it still started up this morning. Much faster than it was before. All of my documents are on a different drive than the one I’m running windows on, but they are at least all still there. He’s not completely done with it yet though, I have to bring it in tomorrow for him to install some Windows updates, and do a little more configuring, but with any luck the computer will stay running for a long time. If nothing else, it has at least bought me some time before I have to do anything because if memory serves me correctly, buying new computers isn’t cheap. After Christmas, I’ll have to sit down with my budget and see if there isn’t at least $10 here or $10 there to siphon off into a computer fund. We’ll see, but as much as I’d love to pretend this computer will last forever and ever, amen, I know I will have to replace it eventually. Just hopefully later rather than sooner.

I’m really starting to get frustrated with my computer. Sometimes it runs just fine, and other times it runs so slowly that I can hardly get anything done. Virus and adware scans turn up nothing, so I really don’t know what the problem is. Maybe it’s a product of the fact that the computer is getting older… maybe it’s a computer memory issue related to the fact that I’m a pack rat in ALL areas of my life lol (Until recently, I had files from my freshman year of college on my computer… nevermind the fact that this computer was purchased after I graduated. Oops?) In any case, I don’t know what the problem is, or how to fix it, but it’s seriously getting frustrating!