Question of the Day

Today's question is pretty simple, actually a default question, one of the simplest questions to ask, but not as easy to answer. Here goes: Hey Jeron, How are you?


The last two weeks have been sort of a blur to me. I feel like I've been in the midst of a storm that has yet to blow over. It may just be the inches upon inches of snow that seem to fall, plus the arctic blast that Michigan was hit with, as if we needed it. But, it's more than that. I've been gettin' hit from every direction with some issue or something to worry about. I have a headache tryin' to recall the things that has me here before you this evening. I'll start by sayin' I have learned something from my trials, and that the storm has yet to cease. So thus far, I've tried to pick up on any positives I could.


We'll start with last Thursday, when me and and the family were on our way to go bowling. We were supposed to meet some of the other fam up there too, and since it was my last week at home, we decided to go despite the weather. And also, I just needed to get out of the house. I loved not havin' anything to do, but I also like doin' things when it is I who decides to do them, not them being required, you know? Anyway, we're drivin' up Hoover, headed toward the bowling alley, when all of a sudden, we notice this huge hole, almost like a crater, appears seconds before my car heads dead into it. Luckily, Imari sees it less than a second before impact, and I'd like to think that the small time I had to swerve around it saved me from worse damage. Well, I lost two tires for that time being. The front and rear tires on the passenger side had bent rims. Not just any bent rims, but Volvo bent rims. Meaning, it wouldn't be an easy fix. And it wasn't. It took days before we could find anyone who could fix. The few places we went said they would have to break them, the re-weld them, but because they were aluminum that made it more difficult. The one place that could them, offered to take them to a place that would take about and cost roughly $90. I forgot what all the costs went towards, but it was money I didn't have. Luckily my dad was willing to help me out a lot. So, the next day, when the tires we're supposed to be done, we found out that the place that could fix them was closed due to the weather. The Weather?!? The reason why people need car repairs is the reason why the repair shop is closed? Are you serious?! Oh well, first day of class missed. Oh yea, not before I also couldn't make it to church that Sunday. It upsets me to miss church when I actually need words of encouragement. The way that situation ended was that on Monday, the tires were ready, and we put them on minutes before I hit the highway to head back to school. My only relief from the whole incident is thinking about how it could have been worse . . .


For some reason, my computer decides to come on with major hardware issues. I only found that out by multiple restarts, and disk checks, and trips to the Gateway website. I ran a virus scan (which was interrupted by freezing and restarting), then eventually did a system recovery. After an hour messing with that, it finally came back on and I had to re-install everything and blah blah blah! So, after a while, wouldn't you know it, it froze-up and restarted itself. Anything I did or wanted to do, eventually, it would freeze and restart. Even now, back at school, it's still on the fritz. I plan on taking it to Best Buy and pray whats wrong can't be fixed. My service plan guarantees at least one replacement, and to date I haven't had one. It's been a little over 2 years, and until now I haven't had any major problems with it. I have talked to other people who constantly have issues with their Gateway computer. Tokie did, Sondra does, and now mine has finally disappointed me. I'm very thankful that I'm able to stay on and do the small things I'm used to, but it's time for an upgrade. Wear and tear, and physical damage seems inevitable when you use your laptop for EVERYTHING! So, I'm thankful for this one, but it's time for a new one. I'm thinking about, somehow or another, getting a HP computer. Tokie's is sweet! I'll just keep believing that where there's a will, there's a way.


Back at school, I knew it wouldn't take long before it all hit the fan (my veterans should know what usually hits the fan). I get back to my room, plug in all my electronics, and my TV wouldn't stay on. Almost like it couldn't keep a charge. I had to just have it plugged in for about 30 minutes, before turning it on or changing the channel (because that killed my power too). Looks like it's time for a new television too. I understand that though, I've had this computer for years. It's been moved back and forth from home to school more times than TVs should be moved and maneuvered. Also, where there is a will, there is a way, at least that's my belief.
My first day of classes started at 8:30am. Surprisingly, that wasn't the worse of my day. The worse part came from my next two classes that have, at this point, been dropped and switched. Each professor demanded too much time, and neither class held my interest. Actually, neither offered me anything to expand my mind. American Studies is entirely too broad a subject to cover in that one class, which seems like the reading and writing would have driven me crazy. Plus, the professor told us that her class would require 13.5 out of the 14 hours we should study per week. So yea, that class got ditched. Then Journalism. That class was 2 hours and 50 minutes, with a professor who couldn't hear well, and talked on and on to the point where I forgot what the question was. The whole class was about newspapers, where within the first 5 minutes of being there, he told us that he was afraid in about 5 years, newspapers wouldn't exist. Yea, what was the point? Besides, reporting and research writing aren't the types of writing I'm interested in. I got out of those classes as fast as I could. I'm currently taking Inventions in Writing, which really seems interesting, and I'm still trying to find another English class to fill the void left by journalism. Wish me luck.


Yea, it's been a ride. TV, computer, and even at one point, my car all breaking down at once. Also, I won't pay for this semester of school until February, which means no refund check, and no books until February. But luckily, I'm looking on Amazon.com and allmsu.com where I'm buying from other students. And my sister has offered to help me buy some, so that's some help I really needed. I'm trying to stick with my New Year's pledge to just Breathe, Believe. But it's hard being optimistic when everything around you seems to be falling. But, I guess when you have no choice but to endure, what do you do? It's late, so I need to go. 8:30am class tomorrow. Exciting, right? Until next time, pray for me, I'll pray for you, and you avoid being a failure.