HP is my nemisis.....grrrrr.

After having a fun time visiting various pet stores with Cody, it was time to come home and start working. Goody goody gumdrops!!  The only question was, what to do? Dishes?....nah.  Laundry?....didn't want to go downstairs.  Cook?...that meant washing dishes.  *thinks*  Start gutting and reformatting my friend's computer?....great idea!

So before we get too far, I'm gonna let you in on a few things you should know.  First, my friend (lets call her Melissa) warned me that it "might be a little dusty" on the inside cause she didn't know how to take the sides off.  "Might" was stretching the truth.....by about a mile and a half.  There were dust bunnies the size of golf balls inside and I couldn't even SEE the motherboard through the grime. *shudders*  I swear, dust bunnies that size were thought to be extinct, only to be found in fossils.  Now, I had worked on another tower of hers before and it wasn't near as bad.  In fact, it was quite an easy job/fix.  So I thought, "how bad could this one be?"  Oh let me tell you.

Crazy, monster dust bunnies

After the initial shock of "Holy cow this is dusty!!" I started blowing out as much as the dust as possible. There was quite a bit of sneezing involved, and after the dust settled and I could actually see what was in the computer is where the fun began.

Inside front cover

While inspecting the computer, I found there were actually 2 hard drives instead of the normal 1 that I usually find in HP's.  The first one was actually screwed onto the bottom/floor of the tower (right where all the dust accumulates).  The second was attached vertically underneath the DVD drives on the backside of another expansion bay.

It's getting late...and the hard drives are being formatted, so I'm gonna have to call it a night. More to come tomorrow later today....

The next morning....

Still alive....still kicking.  Always a good thing. I am feeling quite ambitious today.  I would like to get some laundry washed, go to the Farmer's Market, take Cody out for some fun playing at the pet stores, and maybe cook.  We will see how it goes.

Update:  So far, I have not really done anything but sit here and stalk on Facebook.  I guess I could take Cody out, maybe that will get me motivated!

What to do over the weekend?

So here I am, Friday night Saturday morning, thinking about what I should probably be doing on my next couple of days off.   I'm sure if I'm quiet enough I can hear the dishes screaming my name. But who can do that when there is such awesomeness called a T-shirt on Shirt Woot!??? (In case you are a little behind, the name of the shirt was "Substitute Teacher," 2nd place winner of the Back to School Derby.)  SO AWESOME!

I guess I should get some sleep....stuff to "do" tomorrow.   ;-)