Breaking Even

When you go from Happy to Sad, you've been had.
When you go from Sad to Happy, you're just a sap.

Yes, I know that didn't make any sense, but I just need to put that somewhere.

Anyways, recollecting events that happen this week which led from uneventful to just plain crap. Yes, I know people have bigger issues, but a man can rant can't he?

I'll start with Tuesday after getting onto campus from downtown somewhere along the way I lost my upass (oh noes). So, the following day I biked all the way to the cta office to pay for a replacement upass which cost $35 (I'll break even with that in 2 weeks), but having to wait for the stupid upass to arrive in SSB is a 5 day process so I spent the last couple days paying for public transportation. Fine, no big deal I can manage. Then the weekend rolled along.

Friday, I manage to stay on task with my work, so, is not so bad at all. Then the power went out due to rain late at night. Fantastic! At the time I thought, oh well the lights will come back on in the morning and I can go back to slaving away at that stupid art history paper. Apparently the blackout caused the transformer in our heating unit to blow, so, we had to spend the whole Saturday without heat, and it also burned out the motor of the bath fan at home. No biggy, there's still power at home, gotta get back to work and write that paper. Given the amount of time I spent goofing off and breaks I managed to finish before the night was over. Then there was a partial power outage in the house, lucky me I just finished my work.

So, after 3-4 technicians come strolling by the issue was still unresolved. Till we found out that the black out burned out more items in the house. My surge protector is now what I like to call a circuit breaker bomb, meaning I plug it in any outlet and turn it on, I guarantee you I will shut down that part of the room until the circuit breaker is reset. Along, with other electronics in the house. Given the circumstances I spent Sunday replacing blown parts of the house, having to fork over 80 bucks on my stuff so far.

Despite the negativity that occurred this weekend I manage to have some uplifting things to happen this weekend. For instance, I got accepted into SIGGRAPH! which is the Special Interest Group on GRAPHics and Interactive Techniques for people who didn't know. Also, I got awarded housing, so, all I need to do is buy the ticket to LA. Hopefully this experience will be enlightening to my major, which I'm excited about. Though, it won't be till August 10th.

At least today my wallet was able to recover thanks to the WebUse Project and I got paid $55 to participate.

Given some of the circumstances I've experienced lately, I really hope my life is able to break even somewhere along the way. This is just a little mile stone.