The Happy Post

I am happy because my head doesn't hurt as much as it did in gym this morning.

 

I just heard from my daughter that the scumbag who stole her laptop moved out today. Still hoping that the laptop can be recovered, but at least that worthless piece of misery is gone.

 

I hope it can be recovered too, Cog. But at least he'll be gone from now on.

 

Hopefully you can find the laptop, but at least she won't have to worry about him any more.

 

I'm happy to say that I think I freaked him out.

I'm a nice guy, but I can be scary too, when I want or need to be.

 

was Scumbag your daughter's bf or something?

 

No. She lives in a boarding house. He lived down at the other end of the hall. See the Not Happy Thread for what happened the other night.

 

Caught up...scumbag

 

Well, this is mixed news. My daughter's laptop has been recovered. It was thrown out of a third floor window and it landed in a puddle, so it may not be salvageable. However, it was reported stolen, and there is a police report, so my daughter is hoping that repair/replacement may be covered under the group plan it was purchased under.

One of the details of the theft was that the same night, the toilet tank was broken in the bathroom across from my daugter's room. It occurred to me last night that the thief might have hidden the stolen laptop above the ceiling of the bathroom so that it wouldn't be in his room if it were searched. I had looked above the ceiling, but only superficially. He probably stood on the toilet tank to push the laptop further back out of sight. He WAS in that bathroom during part of the time the theft took place in. The window the laptop was probably thrown from is at the end of the hallway, right next to the bathroom door. It's too bad I didn't go last night to take a closer look, but I figured he had had time to fence it by then.

He left no forwarding address, of course.

 

I see what you mean about it being mixed news.

Even if the rest of the laptop can't be saved, hopefully the Hard Drive won't be too damaged, so her artwork should be ok.

 

I hope so. Her brother is a wizard at recovering data, even from damaged drives.

The timing of that broken toilet tank bothered me from the beginning. My only excuse for not figuring it out sooner is sleep deprivation.

 

Cog...you aren't a detective...it's ok...

 

As the hard drive is mainly a static object, it should be relatively okay if it is allowed time to dry out completely (if it is wet).

I think. :redface: I'm not a computer whiz by any stretch of the imagination.

EDIT: I agree with Carmina. Although you may have felt like you could have done more, there's no way the idea of that tank would have come to you with all the excitement last night. Don't blame yourself for anything.

 

It is Friday. Hurray! That's enough for me.

 

I'm leaving tomorrow for my second favorite place on earth. That makes me happy!

 

Except I talked to nearly everyone in the building after the officer left. Nearly everyone was still awake (my daughter made a LOT of noise in her rage at the theft), and those wh weren't, I talked to in the morning. My daughter and I went to the police station and amended the report with that information, which was what narrowed it down to two possible suspects and excluded all other possibilities.

So yeah, I DO wish I had made that one last connection and taken another look in the ceiling. It might have made all the difference. They might even have been able to lift prints and arrest him - he has a record, so his prints would be on file. The local police couldn't take prints because of the puddle and because two other people handled it after it was found there.

Besides, I'm a perfectionist. I don't cut myself slack if I know I could have done better.

 

Cog, I think that it'll be covered by a plan, and that data from the HDD should be recoverable. If there's a replacement on its way, then nothing's been effectively lost and your daughter need not lose anything, and it should make the thief wary that he's under surveillance from those he lives with. Security will be improved. I know it's an unfortunate episode, but it sounds like there will be more positives than negatives coming from it at the end of the day.

In my own news, I actually played last night. I wore my new knee support, and I had no problems with my knee whatsoever; inside a minute I'd made a crunching tackle on one of the toughest opponents there is and my knee had held up. I also had my best mate on my team, and the two of us combined with all our pace and movement when I scored a lovely goal towards the end.

 

Well at least there is a chance she may get all her stuff back from the laptop, Cogito. Hopefully her luck turns around.

I am happy because tomorrow I will be 34 weeks!!!! I am now beginning to realise how uncomfortable pregnancy can really be, but it is nice to be able to experience it all for a change. Fingers crossed that the ultrasound wednesday is all good news and I can carry on with the pregnancy till the baby decides to be born and not be induced early. Either way, we have made it past the crucial stages now so it is pretty much smooth sailing from here on. That I am extremely happy about.

 

Yay! More happy news!! You ROCK Tor!

 

I am happy because Tor is so far along in her pregnancy and because Cog's daughter got her laptop back. I hope she manages to recover everything off the hard drive and that the plan covers her and allows her to get a new one!

I'm also happy because Joel and I went out to dinner tonight with a really good friend of mine who I haven't seen in over a year. It was nice being able to spend some time with him.

 

^ Nice, Hidden!

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I'm happy because I'm gonna go get ready now, as my boyfriend is taking me out for a chinese meal tonight!

 

Have fun, Ashleigh!

 

I'm happy because I'm done with all standardized tests, forever, and the leaves are changing.

Glad everyone's doing well.

 

I am happy because I went to Saturday bowling league today and got to spend time with my 2 teammates, both guys, who are my bestest friends (one of whom I have a bit of a crush on, and who may like me back, shhh ) and the best guys in the world.

 

So I was visiting my grandmother today and she I had the best time. We walked through her garden, picked a few flowers, fed some ducks, and laughed about how I would follow her around her garden when I was a very young girl. It was a lovely time and I was glad for the moment.

A few minutes ago, my grandmother called me to say how much she enjoyed our afternoon and how much she missed me when I left for home. I cried...that woman is a most precious soul, full of charity and grace. Mmm...I am so lucky to have her in my life and to have been graced with the wonder of her gentle beauty.