It would seem that I have the worst luck when it comes to computers! Over the last 3 years my first two computers died on me, although granted they where both over 10 years old! And one was struck by lightning!!

But now my laptop, that I only just bought last year and that I only just finished paying for last month, is now broken and coz I've had it for just over a year the guarantee has run out and it would cost me almost 500 euros to get the thing repaired!!

I don't even understand how my laptop got broken! Coz when I got back to my apartment last Monday afternoon from school and unpacked my laptop, which I had taken with me to my parents house during the skiing holidays, I found I was unable to plug in the mains cable coz the mains connection in the computer had somehow broken and come lose!?! How it came lose is a totally mystery, I mean it's not as though I've been throwing it around a anything! Also the people at the repair shop said that it was a very unusual thing to happen and that maybe it was faulty to begin with!! We'll never know.

So now during the week I can communicate on the Internet only via my schools computers. Luckily my desktop computer here at home is still in working order! *she knocks on wood*

I'm just thinking that it's probably cheaper to just buy a new laptop with the latest Windows Vista, than have my old one repaired, coz I really can't afford to fork out 500 euros right now on my students income. And just pay monthly payments like before, only this time take extra care of the laptop! And then later once I go back to work in June, maybe find someone who can repair the old laptop, without having to get the expensive part (that alone would cost 300 euros!) and just pay for the work. Coz the people at the repair shop, that I took it to, do say they could maybe repair it without having to get the new part, but they can't guarantee it'll work!!

So it's decicion time! The only trouble with buying a new laptop is having to upload all my programs and files again i.e. time consuming work! Luckily I had backed up most of the files I had on my old laptop. I just hope there's still enough juice in the battery, so I'll be able download the few files that I hadn't had the time to back up yet!

Wishing every one here a great St. Patricks Day!



Adam: Hey, Larry are my eyes deciving me or are there huge three-leaf clovers floating in the air?!

Larry: Ya seeing things Sparky! Now shut up I'm trying to read!!

Bono: You do realize you've got the book upside down...

Edge: *thinking* Uhm three-leaf clovers, it must be St. Patricks day!