It had been a hectic year for me. From Feb, it had been a whirlwind of events over which I had little control.
- I was supposed to move to US for a year last Feb
- Sent my pregnant wife back to her folks as she'd have to manage alone if I were to fly
- The travel was postponed by couple of months!
- Blast the client that took that decision. Managers seldom have the foggiest the ripple effects their decisions have.
- Took possession of my new apartment in Mar
- Vacated my then rented residence in Noida and moved all my things there single handedly
- Became a father [for the second time] to another fairy christened Sanchita in April.
- Was on a [well deserved] couple of week vacation right after that!
- Travelled to US was finally confirmed!
- Returned to Noida and suffered couple of bad [Luckily, only financially] car accidents where I had to claim Insurance 4 times! [Two double claims, really]
- Was told I wouldn't be getting my car back before I travelled
- Inconvenienced a colleague and friend to pick it up and park it at my apartment
- Moved all of the unpacked items into the Guest Bedroom
- Let it out for couple of months [Lucky?]
- Visited my Wife & Kids before travel for couple of days!
- Flew finally to and here I am, in Reno, NV awaiting my family to join me in a month's time.
- Stayed in Extended Stay for a week
- Realized [first of many 'realizeds' ;)] that I could not locate my Travel adapter in my partially unpacked apartment
- Without a Driver's license, shelled out $30 to go to the nearest Radio Shack and bought my 3rd Travel adapter in as many trips.
- Bought a Samsung 24" TFT and a Microsoft Ego 4000 [my 2nd one] to go with my CPU brought from India [my barely 6 month old Core 2 Quad]!
- Realization dawned on my dumb skull that the SMPS in my India PC is 230 V
- This happened with me on the Extension, Iron as well!!! Dumb thrice! [sigh]. Thrice is what I thought! Hmm... I concede I'm no psychic.
- Reluctantly sunk 150$ [30$ mail-in rebate I'd never set my hands on] on a 750 Watt Silencer SMPS
- Received yesterday and started my quest for a Phillips Screwdriver!
- Sunk another $7 buying "Allied 16 Piece Ratcheting Screwdriver Set"
- Started today at last, and found my damned PC cabinet wouldn't make room for the new SMPS.
- So, now my machine's all opened up, wires dangling everywhere and I'll have to get a new Cabinet [I did feel some foreboding intuition when I scorned that combo offer at Newegg.com]
- But hey, did I tell you, albeit all the trouble, I'm online and of course it beats my laptop hands down!
- And my 24" monitor is a beauty! I went for a Samsung even after the 20" TFT I had bought in Sweden developed twelve horizontal lines within a span of 6 months.
Guys/Gals, drop me a line at Linkedin / my official id for my latest co-ordinates.
