paint the sky with stars

Okay, well, people who saw my little meltdown yesterday on Twitter already know this but I arrived home from Laura's baby shower to discover that my netbook had spontaneously decided to completely breakdown on me. No idea what happened or why since it was working just fine the night before.

I've got the following error: windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt \windows\system32\config\system

I tried to google it for a fix but everything I find says I need to have the Windows XP disc to fix the registry. I do not have an XP disc, nor does my netbook have a disc drive. So since I have the day off today I think I will bring it into Future Shop. Sadly I'm pretty sure the warranty we got on it is up, though I'll have to doublecheck. Either way, hopefully they can get it up and going again and I can continue work on the Himitsu fic that got sadly trapped on it and couldn't be really worked on or even partially posted last night :(

I don't quite know how this week is going to shape out. I'm only working at the store on Friday and Saturday, Jean's place on Wednesday as usual (as well as another dentist appointment in the morning -_-), but I might go in with Mom tomorrow and Thursday, if there is work to be had. Or not. I wouldn't mind time at home to do some work on my writing. We'll see.

Just arrived back in TO. I had a nice day driving and then hanging out for a bit with Shannon but I am very glad to be back.

I only have three shifts this coming week which could be a problem though I might be able to pick something up for Wednesday or Friday morning at least. I have 7-3:30 tomorrow and Tuesday and then a 3-close on Thursday (which sucks because I thought Liz had said something about me not really closing much anymore but then there I am ...)

I probably have to buy some groceries tonight, plus Marian is coming to help fix the flat tire on my bike. Other than that, just hanging for a bit. Maybe cleaning a bit too but I'm tired so maybe not.

Hurrah! I figured out how to get my printer working again (it wouldn't align the ink cartridges, possibly because the colour one is empty but the HP website told me how to bypass that stage). This makes life much better (and means that if I need printing done, I can do it in a method much simpler than converting my word file to a PDF and then sending it to Marian XD).

I haven't posted it yet, so here is this week's schedule:

Today: 1:30-close (aka the lame shift that easily becomes 9 hours...which is good for money but less good for everything else).
Tuesday: off (booked it for book club...so I should probably finish reading Dune)
Wednesday: 2-close (I really have been getting a lot of closing shifts recently, not entirely sure why)
Thursday: off
Friday: 4-close (see what I mean?)
Saturday: 12-close (and again!)

God, I can't believe it's March. And I still don't have my Indigo T4. But I do have three paydays!