WASTED DAY!!!

Well, I successfully wasted an entire day (13 long hours) working on my computer. First, I uploaded a movie last night that was a rental from iTunes. It was on my computer but would not sync. So I went through all the upgrades and thought ah ha!! Well much to my dismay after about 90 minutes I emailed iTunes. They tell me that my 5th generation iPod is not compatible for rental movies. They are kind enough to refund me my $3.99.

Then I uploaded a free book at audible.com. At least that worked out for me and is on my iPod and I will have something for my long journey to Chicago on Friday.

Next, lets move on to my Excel 2007 class. I uploaded all the items for the practice and testing portion and wah lah!!!!!!!!!!!! My computer now moves at the pace of a snail on it's death bed. Okay so I call technical support and they tell me - I didn't need to upload all that stuff (I read the instructions and it did not tell me that for Vista I do not need all of that). So we worked around and he says the only thing I can tell you is to uninstall and reinstall the last two steps. So, three hours later it is still slow. I then decide that I still have 43 days left on my Dell Service Control. After 90 minutes he tells me that it is probably because I only have 512 mg of RAM. Vista takes all that just to run..... and at that it will still run slow. So he suggested buying more memory from Dell and then install it myself...... Thanks for nothing............. I have decided to call the computer place that we use at work and do a little investigating and then take it and buy and have the guy install it there. I will not be able to take exams for the class because they are timed if I don't upgrade the memory. I checked on line and Dell sells 1 gb for $38. I am hoping I can buy 2 gb and have it installed for $75 to $100. I am wishing myself luck on this one.

Needless to say I did not get much done on my valentine goodies. I am off to work on that right now. Again, I am wishing myself luck on that because I want to get 6 treats done to take to my chickas in Chicago!!!

Oh, and lest I forget - It snowed last night and it is snowing again tonight. What is a day without snow fall like. I can't remember.