My computer decides it's had enough studying too...

Before leaving for Ireland waaaaaaay back in September 2008, I realized my good ol' Dell of the past 3 years was quickly heading for retirement. So, I figured I should probably invest in a new laptop before starting school to prevent computer problems while busy in school.

Wishful thinking.

Apparently, around January my new Dell decided that one school term of Trinity's MBA was all it could handle. Shortly after the 2nd term started, my computer started acting up - freezing up specifically. I decided it was high time to invest in an external hard drive to back up my files just in case, and for once luck was on my side. Within a day of completing my back-up, the computer stopped working all together. The school's IT doctors took a look and thought it was a virus and would require wiping the hard drive and starting over. Thankfully, my whining and complaining about computer problems was overheard by good ol' Eoin, who has a friend with lots of Dell experience. After a new diagnosis, the verdict was a faulty hard drive.

Awesome.

So now I am in the middle of the 2nd term, taking 6 classes, and trying to delve into this big 'company project' - without a computer. In all I was sans my laptop for about a month, meaning the hours I spent in the business building increased dramatically since I had to make use of the computer in our group's office to do most of my work. As if I didn't already live in the business building! It's about this time that living in campus housing started really paying off, since I could leave the office as late as I needed and only have to walk 5 minutes to reach my bed without having to walk through town at late hours. However, it also meant I never saw the outside of Trinity College except for the rare occasion.

Thankfully, the ol' laptop was still under warranty, so within a few days I had a new hard drive and was able to re-load all my files (and pictures!) and be back in business.

The upside? For that month, I actually had to pay attention in class since I was without facebook and the internet for browsing...I was only hoping that the added paying attention would help pay off in exams later that month.