Long Hours

Spent nearly two weeks trying to figure out how to get the Legacy from Summerside to the shop in Grand Falls and get back to Summerside/Moncton without it. I guess if you have money to burn, throwing money at the problem helps, but that's not really the case here. Finally decided that the best thing to do was to take the day off after November 11, making it into a long weekend, to do all this crazy business.

I left Moncton after supper on Wednesday and got back home late that night. A few hours in front of the computer and then around midnight jumped into the Legacy and started the long drive to Grand Falls. It's horrible driving when you're that tired. . . I think I almost hit a deer on the way there. . . . or it could have been some sleep-deprived dream. . . it definitely had that dream-like feeling as I passed it. Got to Grand Falls at 6:30 am. Dropped of the car, talked to the mechanic for a bit before he dropped me off at the bus station. Bus from Grand Falls to Summerside, just under $100, approximately 8 hours including stops and transfers. It's 4:30pm by the time I arrive in Summerside. Then I proceeded to walk home. This wasn't a problem last time I did this because then I was living on Water St and it's only a couple of blocks away. I however had moved about as far away as you can get from the station while still staying within the city limits.

I believe any sane person would probably just colapse and go straight to bed after that. What do I do? Well, I started working on the good-for-nothing winbox that's been running like crap lately. Worked on the cursed thing until 4:00am, slept for about 4 hours while I was reinstalling Windows. Got back up and worked on reinstalling software until 6:00pm. Left for hockey. Played 3 games in roughly 4 hours. The third game was the worst. . . . dead tired, pulled a muscle the game before, legs feeling like lead. Taking that hour break was probably added to the problem rather than helping it. Got back home, showered, and back at the computer.

Got pretty much everything back up and running. Hoping to get more sleep in a little bit. This was one of the reasons I wanted to get away from Windows in the start. I haven't has to do anything of the sort since I installed Mandrake 8.1 on it years ago. About the only time I touch my web server is when the power goes off and I need to hit the power button to get it back up. Windows is such a pain. Anyways, I think it's finally bed time!