Hello friends, I’m sure you’ve been dying to hear how April went.  And here I am to tell you!  Probably would have done this sooner, but I’ve been in bed with an annoying little head cold since Monday.  Hate how stress and stuff lowers the immune system.

Anyhow, time to continue the rl adventures of me!  So, my computer was fried.  After calling Intel and getting no help whatsoever, and buying pretty much an entire new computer, we still had not figured out the problem.  Towards the middle of April, we finally gave in and tried the RAM despite how awesome the stuff we had was.  I mean, the sticks had heat sinks.  How awesome is that?!  Apparently, it was too awesome for my computer to handle.  The RAM had fried, and was causing all that trouble…of course, it was exactly what the computer had been trying to tell us when it was beeping.  XD  But, people aren’t quite as logical as a binary machine…so yeah.  We rebuilt!  With new RAM, a new OS, and one hard drive less.  We had to put the old computer back together, and it needed a HD, so I sacrificed mine.  And my poor little computer…had to get stuck with Vista.  *pets the CPU*  I admit, it’s probably a good idea to learn it…but BLEH!!!  Need I say more? ^_~

Also during mid-April, my husband heard some nasty news.  Let’s give a little backstory on that.  Since about the start of the new year, there had been rumors going around that their help desk contract would not be re-signed.  However, no one said a word to anyone about the status of the contract…until April.  Four days before his last day, my husband got a letter on his desk telling him to speak with human resources.  He called me during his lunch that day, and here’s what he told me: “Hi love, guess what?  I’m getting a raise.  Guess what else?  They’re laying me off anyway!  My last day is Friday.”  This was Monday.  Alright, time to begin the search for jobs.  Yeah, not going so well.  (I’m guessing) Thanks to me being a stay at home mom and going missing on the work front for three years, I’m not as hire-able.  I’m a bit of an unknown quantity, since none of my previous management are there anymore no one can get a reference on me.  Thankfully, we are getting unemployment since zee hubby was outsourced to Mexico City.  And, I hear their helpdesk is going down in a couple of years.  Oh well, not our problem anymore!  So yeah, him getting laid off helped force my hand into my final decision about FFXI.  No money to spare, no addiction.  I officially suspended my account in April and broke my linkshell.  Or did I do that before?  I don’t remember.  It didn’t really matter anyhow, my shell had gone down thanks to the ungrateful little taru Star Onion Brigadier *cough*S.O.B.*cough* Vhailor and his careless attitude towards, well, pretty much everyone.  I take full blame for that, btw.  I should have gotten rid of him when he first started causing problems.  But anyway, yeah, that’s the long and short of April.  Not as much to write about, but far more devastating.

Keep on reading to hear as the roller coaster continues!  …Next week!  I’ll be  talking about May.  That one is actually pretty fun, a nice change from the dreariness of March and April.