Charlotte's 10 Minute Stint with Motivational Speaking

So if any of you were wondering, rain and laptops don't go together very well, hence my absence from the blogging world. I apologize. I know how much you all missed me, especially since the majority of you read this every week because of the link I so graciously post on your facebook wall. This weeks topic- things getting worse before they get better. This story ends with a bartender promising not to cut of his Santa beard if a petition is signed by 3,000 people (aka it gets good. stick with me here )

So this tale begins with Relay for Life- celebrating birthdays. yay! it was super fun and I can't really make jokes about cancer so NEXT

The morning after relay for life (did i mention that it poured rain all night?) my computer woke up in a hot sweat aka a puddle and that was pretty much the end of that. Now, I don't know if you've ever had your computer die from external circumstances, had your phone flushed down a toilet, had your phone contacts deleted, lost your computer and or phone in the library/coffee shop/anywhere on campus/bedroom/under your covers, forgotten your very important password to anything, or broken and/or lost your charger to either of these things, but I have. and it's the worst when it happens five times a day and it's raining outside and you can't even be mad because you were fighting cancer when it happened so you're morally obligated to not regret being there.

So I took my computer to the Geniuses at Apple and they told me that they couldn't fix it. I had previously retrieved needed materials and had everything needed for my senior project, applying for jobs, and most of my photo files. I had even backed up my entire computer (for the first time ever) the week before that. I was fine and there was no problem with this computer being ruined minus the money lost.

But what do I do when the Genius tells me he has to send it out for a week? I fully BURST out into tears, almost spitting on him and heaving uncontrollably. Now I don't know if you have ever been to the Genius Bar at Apple, but the boys who work there are not exactly the warm fuzzy don't-worry-everything-will-turn-out-alright kind of people that one might desire to be around when having an emotional breakdown. my mind told me I was going crazy and his face told me I had giant human-flesh-eating spiders crawling all over my body.

In the end, it all worked out just fine, I have no computer, but I have everything that I needed from my computer and I'm making it work via alternate sources (boyfriends computer). I am also discovering what it's like to not be tied to my computer at all times WEIRD.

Anyways, if you get a chance, go give Ryan at the apple store in San Luis Obispo a hug and scare the crap out of him with your expression of human emotion. Thats all for now. <3