computer failure made me late. That's my story....

And I'm sticking to it. lol

I have to be to work at 6:00 am. It's early, but I get off work early too, and that's what keeps me going. Yesterday I got up at 5 and got ready for work. I was excited because I had hooked up my new MP3 player I got for Christmas and was ready to download my books I bought on MP3. I was going to listen to them at work. YAY. The night before I hooked it up to the computer, but the instructions said to let it charge for 3 hours before using. So I had to go to bed before it was done. I was a little dismayed with Dan because I was hoping he would stay up and put my books on it for me, but he was tired and went to bed at the same time I did.

When I got up Friday morning I ran downstairs and was checking out my player. I had copied the book to the computer and I mistakenly assumed it would be a piece of cake to add the book to the player. 15 minutes later and several copies of the book on my desktop, I was really frustrated.

The file Dan created for my book said that it was empty when I tried to get it on the player. So I thought, ok, I will just copy and paste it again. But instead of it pasting into the MP3 player, it kept pasting all 39 files to my desktop. Over and Over. I finally figured out how to delete the copies, but by then it was 6:00 am and I was late.

I ran out the door minus the player, and hopped in the car. I texted Brandy to tell her I was on my way, and zoomed out of the driveway. I was starving and decided that since I'm going to try to bring breakfast next week, I would let myself get McDonalds. But instead of stopping at the one near my house, I decided I would go to the one near work.

I pulled in to the drive thur at 6:20. I was making good time. There was a car in front of me, since I don't ever do the second drive thru lane, so I had to wait. I wasn't paying much attention as I was turning down the heater and the radio so they can hear me. I notice the car pull away, but I didn't pay attention to where it went.

I pulled up to the speaker and waited for those magical words: "Hi what can I make for you today?" And waited and waited and waited. Finally after about a minute, I said: "Hello?" and got no answer. I repeated myself a few more times, and then turned on the radio hoping for some dumb reason that the noise would be noticed. Another car pulled up behind me. I guess they don't do the second drive thru line either.

I waited for about 5 minutes before I gave up and pulled out of the parking lot. I was so frustrated and angry. Not to mention I'm still really hungry. I don't know if the first car got the same problem that I did, but now I have to wonder.

I got to work and found the body snatchers had stolen Brandy and replaced her with some Cheerful look a like. She was so damn chipper. I related my tail, and realized how freaking funny it was and had a good rest of the day, but geez. I'm glad that Dan got my player up and running when I got home, and I'm starting a new breakfast regimen on Monday. No more silent drive thru for me.