Time for stormy weather...

Time for stormy weather...

The plans changed, tomorrow I will see my Dad anyway, my Aunt and Uncle are picking me up, and bringing me to their house. My bicycle is standing in their shed, your maybe thinking, "Why couldn't my Aunt and Uncle bring the bike?" Well, they told me that the bicycle didn't fit in the car, although they have a van. Anyway, so my idea was to pick up my bike and ride to my Dad to see how he is, maybe I take some lunch their aswell. And then the long trip back, all the way to Almelo. I think it's about a 45 minutes ride, but I will take my time. 

Today went fine at Humanitas, I like the coffee breaks. The people like me and sometimes we have a few jokes. It makes the thinking and missing of my friends in Canada a bit less, but forgetting  them is out of the question. I'm almost sure that the missing will be going less, and yeah, thinking of them is always good, showing you still care is normal for me. Today I should have called Gak, and that was my plan, but a woman of Humanitas has called me in the office today and she told me, that she will come with me to Gak next Monday at 11:00. I'm looking forward to it.

Further there was the news that I perhaps can get money from the government in Almelo (Social Services) instead of the government from Nijverdal. Cause I'm a citizen from Almelo now, and someone needs to pay Humanitas for my staying there, and Almelo or Nijverdal has the right to do that. And further, further not so much, actually nothing. I did some cleaning after the first coffee break, a toilet, a tiny hallway and a kitchen. To keep the people busy here they need to do duties/chores in there spare time, it's good and it keeps them busy.

After every coffee break there are cleaning chores. But lately the people are busy with other things. Things like, getting a job, or looking for a house or to get some income, there is alot to be arranged and that always comes first. And me? I had some spare time and there was not much to do for me, so I cleaned a few things. I like it that I have a place to be on my own, a littlt room where I can escape or hide when I am sad or have it hard. Escape is a big word, but I couldn't find another word for it.

Today my laptop went almost bananas, when it started up I couldn't log in. The arrow was there but behind a black screen, I did a restart more then 8 or 9 times, then I gave up. I started to think what to do, calling someone in the building to fix it? Go find a fixer in town?  Buy a new one? I need this laptop, I can't do without. Contact with my friends is important and I achieved alot with this laptop. Internet brought me to Canada for example, internet is huge, scary and silly that I almost can't do without internet.

The computer needed to be fixed and I shoved my laptop in my bag and went into town, trough a huge storm. It was more wind then rain gladly, but the wind was rough. I found three stores and two of them did not fix computers although the entrance said it. The last one was a shop where I actually bought the laptop, same kinda store but different city. I looked around first,to look at the prices for a new one. A guy came and asked me, "How can I help you," I explained what was wrong with my laptop, and he took a look at it.

He started the laptop, and it did the same thing, the arrow came but behind a black screen. The guy restarted the laptop a few times and suddenly it worked! "You really need to clean your computer, or do a system recover." A system recover will clean up your whole computer he told me, it will be as new as you bought it from the shop, everything what you downloaded will be gone. sounds scary, right? I will be thinking twice to do that. When I got home I cleaned the computer, but I didn't do a system recovery. (yet)

The programs I didn't use or almost never use I got rid off them, and it was alot, after that it was time to clean the hard disk, defragment they call it I think. After cleaning it all the computer was a bit faster, and I left it that way, afraid to loose more important stuff. I talked to Saf today on MSN, I need to lighten up more when she comes online, and not be so nerves or afraid. There is nothing wrong between me and her, I have to relax and just talk! It was a short but good talk, I like to hear what she's up to and how she and here kids are.