Take today for instance. There I was, fast asleep at 5:30am, dreaming of driving a Mustang down the Autobahn, when suddenly BAMP! my day starts.
My dog jumps on my bed and barks her little tail off trying to wake me up. I wake up at first going “WTF?” and then realizing my fan is spinning at about three times the speed it normally does. Then I see Sparks fly out of my Modem and several plug points in my room.
My brain switches to emergency mode and i run all around my room switching everything off.
But ofcourse, it was too late. My Modem was fried, my Computer UPS was fried, a plug point extension was screwed, and worst of all, WORST OF ALL, my precious Creative 5.1 speakers were fried. Sigh.
I mean they werent the best speakers in the world, but dammit they survived 5 years with me here in India and now they dont work.
Gah.
So apparently my neighbour’s tree fell on the bunch of wires between two electric poles, and that send a nice solid jolt of current to my house which was the thing that destroyed everything.
Freakkin neighbours. They’re nice people though, and they’ve really helped me out a ton of times. But still, dammit people, keep your trees from falling on electric wires !
The worst part about today was not just the unusual and frightening start to it, but the fact that I spent the whole day waiting. Waiting for people to come fix things so I can get on my way to resuming my regular routine. Eessh.
Called up Airtel Broadband for a new modem at 9am. They got a new one in at 1pm.
Called up my local Computer shop for a new UPS at 9:30am. They got a new one in at 4pm.
Gah.
At this rate, I’ll never save up any money at all.
I’m in a very bad mood now. One that’s being increasingly worse because of the stupidity of people around me.
I so need to move.
Sometimes your Day just drags you out of Bed