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So I'm incredibly frustrated today and I need to vent about it somewhere, and it seems literally no one is available so I'm venting here. Pay me no mind, if it please you.

So, my laptop has been acting up over the last few weeks. Basically, the charger wouldn't connect unless it was forced in way too hard, and even then it was shaky. Tried replacing the charger, didn't work. So I took it to a PC repair shop last week. They said it would be about $100 to fix, but the part would take about 4 - 6 weeks to arrive. Whatever, no big deal. To my surprise, I get a call on Friday saying the part has already arrived, so I take the laptop in to get repaired. They said they'd have it repaired by Monday or Tuesday at the latest. I was out of town for a conference over the weekend, so that was perfect, didn't have a chance to work on my game anyway.

So I get back in town, Monday rolls around, no call. Tuesday rolls around, and I'm thinking "okay they'll probably call by noon ish." Well, 2:30 rolls around and no call. So I call the shop. Turns out the part needs to be soldered and the guy who does that for them hasn't worked the last few days so they need to call someone in, probably won't be done until Thursday or maybe even Friday.

Here's the kicker. This week is my vacation week. The one thing I wanted to do this week more than anything is have some good, uninterrupted quality time to work on my game. Now, it's looking like the one thing I wanted to do on my week off isn't possible.

Oh, but that's not all. My dad offered his old laptop to use, so I went to go pick it up. It had some pretty major issues though, so we need to do a factory reset. Mid way through, his charger craps out, and the laptop shuts down. I figure "okay, I've got a universal charger at home, I'll just drive back there and try that." Well, of course I failed to take into consideration rush hour, and the 15 minute drive home took a full 45 minutes. I get home, bust out the universal charger adapters, and try to find the right piece.

Turns out, his laptop used the same charger as what my laptop used, and I had the damn thing with me the whole time. Frustrating drive, not necessary. So I plug it in, it starts charging, manage to actually finish the factory reset, and get the PC booted up. But, as it's starting up, it randomly resets. And continually resets every time I get past the loading screen. Turns out, Acer laptops from 2009 have a problem with the CD drive, where it will basically malfunction, throw an error, and constantly reset the PC. Only solution is to remove the CD drive. I'm not hardware savvy, so I literally don't even know where to start with that. So, the entire day has been spent trying to find a way to just work on my game, and every single thing I've tried has completely and utterly failed to a staggering degree.

So, I figure I'll head out to my local pub to watch the hockey game. I'd asked a girl if she wanted to watch with me, so we had a date planned. And on the way, she cancels. Not feeling well. Not her fault, so no big deal, but just the icing on the cake.

I just wanted to work on my game.