Cause I'm No Superman

Okay everyone, here is my nightmare. Close your eyes (not literally cause then you couldn't read...) and live this with me here for a minute.

Worst case scenario: It is finals week and a teacher has sprung a last minute take home part onto your plate. At first you believe that this is a good thing because it got you out of a 7 am final, until you get the take home project... it is obscure, challenging, and honestly, nothing that you learned in the class. In all, it forces you to create a development project from scratch that will blow the mind of a teacher that has been doing development practically longer than you've been alive. Whatever right? There is nothing you can do about it so you sit and buckle down.

You are working, attempting to come up with these never been done development projects even though, you swear, everything has already been done. You have the project ideas formed, your guiding principles and milestones complete, and you are on track to being done with finals when you hoped.

And then...dun dun dun... your computer proceeds to crash. Yep crash. Virus after virus appear on your home screen and you see your life, grades, unsaved project, social life, and happiness flash before your eyes.

You realize all the things you would lose if your computer isn't salvageable. Your epic itunes, your life journal since college began, your hundreds and hundreds of pictures, all your hard work through college and so much more.

I'm sorry if you're crying because of the utter awefullness of this experience. CAUSE I SURE WAS WHEN IT HAPPENED TO ME LAST NIGHT!

I sat in front of my computer awe struck. I honestly didn't know what to do. I am no computer genius and the second I realized my knowledge was useless, that is when things began to get a little better.

Enter my lifesaver.Superman? You got it! just in computer genius form.

Rachel posted on my ward facebook page and we knew someone would come to save the day. Seeing as I was a wreck, my fearless roomies took my computer over to our neighbors who banned with, I swear, half the guys in the ward to save my computer. I OWE THEM BIG TIME!! I am sure they all had many things to be doing, such as their incredibly hard finals to study for. But nope, they decided to help me. Literally dropped everything to help me, sounds like Superman to me right?

They saved it after about 4 hours. I am glad to report that i'm writing this on my computer, with my journal, pictures, and itunes still in full force. My project wasn't exactly saved, but I did have it saved somewhere along the day so it is better than nothing!!

Moral of the story? Umm, save your projects, back everything up, get an external hard drive, have super awesome virus protection, and have many Superman people around you who will help at the drop of a hat.

Thank you Steve Nevers, like I'm sure you'll never see this but a public shout-out is sooooo necessary seeing as you just saved my life. Literally I think.