The Un-Balancing Act, Part 3, Spring Cleaning, and laptops

Okay, so today I was really motivated to start my spring cleaning (Who doesn't want to try to get spring here faster?)




I whipped through the bathroom like a hurricane, tossing out old bottles and organizing, cleaning and polishing. No problem. I was done with that room in less than an hour.

I opened the closet under the stairs, and it literally SUCKED all the time out of the rest of my day. I took EVERYTHING out, and managed to put enough things to the side for selling that I turned the closet into a little sewing room. (Little being the key word. It is just wide enough for my sewing table and the bench. However, long enough to fit all of my sewing notions in there, besides my maniquins.)

How exciting is that??



(well, for me anyway!)

Anyway, later in the afternoon, I was talking to one of my closer friends online, and thought I would get on Yahoo! answers to try to find her the answer of how to get into her crashed harddrive. Instead, I found the secret I have been looking for since 2005! In the spring of that year, I managed to lock myself out of my laptop because I forgot the password. Noone seemed to know how to get around that to let me back into my computer.

Noone. Many people I talked to said there was no way to get around it. My laptop was a paperweight now. (and it was for three years).



Another person actually suggested I should run over with my car. I really considered it too. Man, I'm glad I didn't follow through with that idea!

As of tonight, it is no longer a paperweight! I found a wise soul on Yahoo! Answers who gave me the simple directions that let me back into my laptop and regained my access to irreplaceable files.

YEAH!!!!



Now, for the sobering news in my hunt for better employment.

I also contacted the North Liberty Library today, and was given a similiar answer to those that I had gotten from Coralville and Iowa City. In order of consideration of any paying job there, I must have education behind me and experience. However, until then, I can volunteer.

But wait, I can't. Volunteers don't get money, and the bills require it.

I could always do what Roseanne and Dan did on their show when they were strapped for cash. Send the phone bill to the electric company, the electric bill to the gas company, and so on...

I CANNOT work for Wal-Mart for another two years, at least!! I just can't. I think my remaining shreds of sanity will be destroyed way before then.



To end my day wonderfully, I also got to hold a long conversation via phone with my wonderful boyfriend. Yeah!! That man makes me so very happy! 35 minutes of full, actual conversation (and plenty of 'I love you's'!). I can't wait to see him once more.

So, that was my day, in a (longish) nutshell...

Dear readers.. Tell me your thoughts, your crazy ramblings!

Are you as impatient for spring's arrival as I am?

What do you do to whittle away your time?

What's the last thing you found yourself doing a happy dance for? (mentally, if not physically?)

What should I do about my employment????

Don't forget the kudos and subscribing! You know those things on my writings make me so very happy!