The Dangers of Insomnia

I couldn't sleep tonight, so after 2 hours of tossing and turning, I decided that I needed to get out of bed and do something. I've heard this helps. It didn't.

It was 3am so I figured the thing to do was clean up my hard drive to make more space. I went into the add/remove program section and thought I'd see if there was stuff in there that I never use. Lo and behold - a treasure trove of useless crap! Or so I thought...

You know how it tells you how often you use a certain program and the last time you used it? Well, my computer told me that I hadn't used various Microsoft applications since I first got my computer in 2006. I googled them all to find out what they did and they all sounded pretty useless. One had something to do with media and the other was about webpage design. So, I uninstalled them.

Then I went to review a paper I was writing and found that I couldn't use Word because it had been uninstalled. Then I felt pure, raw panic.

You see, if anything goes wrong with my computer, there's a 99% chance I don't know how to fix it. Considering computers are expensive and necessary for my livelihood, entertainment, communication, and sole reason for living at this point, (except for my Nintendo), I was pretty upset.

Fortunately, I dug out my Microsoft Office installation discs that I brought with me "just in case" and reinstalled the program. However, the jolt of adrenaline has not helped my insomnia.

I should have known better than to mess with my computer. As Eddie Griffin would say, "I was just a dumb bitch."