Or is it play stupid games, win stupid prizes?
Fool that I was to mention my relative comfort, life chose to humble me with losing that. Currently 20 hours without power at my house, luckily my parents live close by so I’m holed up there
I hate heat, and of course it’s warm out, my parents keep their house about 13 degrees warmer than mine, and I am without my computer and all the associated comforts…so I’m low on sleep typing this on a god forsaken mobile keyboard….. And really physically and emotionally drained
And this is the second time in a month I’ve felt I made a mistake replacing my desktop instead of buying a steam deck… I miss my house, I miss my food, I miss my games.
Stupid prizes indeed. How stupid I was to assume I’d still have my home today…. It’s a huge outage…. As though that makes it any easier
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Update 1: lemons from lemonade
A six day outage, 7 hours short of 7 days… And I have a place to stay, which is more than most people.
I’m staying with my parents, and given the time, I’m settling in. Alone, I’d say the outlook is neutral good.
Since I have already been without my computer for two days, I’m taking this chance to teardown and rebuild it… I have to use my time well don’t I?
Hoping sleep comes easier tonight, last night was rough. I miss being able to interact more on here…. How strange I feel admitting that
Update 2: final update
It took me three days, but I rebuilt my computer. What’s more I finally solved one of the central problems; connecting hard drives. It’s not ideal the way I did it, but I did it. I’m typing on my current fav keyboard (blue switches by outemu, cheap and splendid).
I’ve got a makeshift desk set up in my parents living room….. it isn’t great, but it’s better than doing without. Overall this whole experience has made me much more grateful for little things, like air conditioning, like my own fridge, like privacy.
Anyway according to the power authority I should have power back sometime tomorrow, which means in two days at most I could be sleeping in my own bed…. playing my games, cuddling my pup.
Sleep still sucks, I’m getting used to getting by on less, it’s a temporary condition anyway. Most people undersleep, that’s the most common thing….. I don’t know how they do this, I need to blink out at least 9 hours to feel totally sane.