I did it! I reformatted the hard drive last night, got the bare bones of Windows installed, but then I had to delay installing the drivers until this evening. The day kind of got eaten up a lot faster than I thought it would. But, it’s around half past one in the morning and I’ve installed all of the drivers successfully, AOL is running, Paint Shop Pro’s installed, Office is ready to go, and now I’m downloading WinAmp. It’s on to the fun stuff, baby! 🙂 Woohoo! Of course, I still have to transfer a butt-load of files back to the laptop, but I’m leaving that for tomorrow. I kind of miss my music collection, but I suppose I’ll have to live with CDs for now (hehe, that sounds so awful, doesn’t it?)
All in all, I think I did okay. There were just a few instances where I had to go knock on my brother’s door and say, “It’s asking me questions again.” Sometimes it got a bit confusing, but I think that’s because I was entirely overwhelmed and really worried I’d screw it up. But, I’m alive, the laptop’s alive, and things are good. I even got a bit of cleaning done while it was reformatting and installing, which is always a good thing.
I’m dead tired though.
I accidentally slept in too late this morning (11:30 for goodness sake), and then I had to spend the day doing stuff, like downloading drivers on my computer downstairs, getting ready to go bowling, and then went off on that excursion around 3:45. It was a fun afternoon/evening. Six of us “wild teenagers” went to the bowling alley, played three straight games, then came home, had pizza, and watched movies. By the time we got home there were seven of us – John (I believe I’ve mentioned him before, he’s one of the pants guys) stopped by to join us for movies and such. Sadly he missed out on bowling since he had to work. It was a fun event, but it was really tiring. It’s so hard to bowl without a left big toe! It was rather embarrassing, in fact. Gutter ball after gutter ball, and there was nothing really I could do about it. My thumb would stay straight, I threw it okay, I just kept slipping. At least I didn’t fall on my rear, and at least the other people I was with were really sweet about it. They’re a great group of kids.
But now my right foot is really sore from slipping so much and having to catch myself. My arms are surprisingly fine, despite my many different attempts at finding my own bowling style. Toward the end I just stood at the very front of the lane, pulled back my arm, and launched it with nothing but my own brute strength. No momentum from walking, just flinging it. It worked out alright, and I think I’ll go with that next time, since the approach is what makes me slip so badly. I thought it would hurt my arms more afterward, though. Hey, maybe all those push-ups are finally paying off. 🙂
I’ve really got to get to sleep now, but I have a nice email I want to answer before I head off to bed. Why is it that when my foot’s sore the rest of me gets tired? I shouldn’t be that tired after all the sleep I had last night. Ah well.