Computers and Dr. Pepper

Ok, so I know that you all know the theory that when your husband is away everything breaks or goes wrong. Well it never ceases to amaze me the things that go wrong. So I thought that I would tell you this weeks story, because even if I do say so myself it is some what funny. But first you must understand something. In our marriage there is certain things that I am better at and somethings that Travis is better at. That is what makes us work, you know we balance it out for each other. Well I am not good at computers and Travis is. I mean I am probably the dumbest person when it comes to them. I know enough to get me through my college classes, to post blogs, and maybe play a game or two, but that is were my knowledge ends. Travis on the other hand can do anything and fix anything that goes wrong with them. He is so good at it that I swear he can walk into a room and look at a broken computer and it is fixed instantly! So of course that is one of the few things that I was absolutely positively hoping wouldn't mess up while he was gone. Well that is not exactly how it went, it went a little something like this....

Yesterday I was doing my usual things on the computer nothing fancy just checking my email and such. Well this little thing popped up and said that it had found virus's that could be attacking my computer. Well I start to worry because there is so much on this computer that I would hate to loose, especially all of our pictures. I read it and tried to figure out what to do to fix it. It wanted me to download this "Antivirus 2009" to fix it. The symbol in the corner of the box looked like the Microsoft symbol, but the more I looked at it and the more I read the more suspicious I became. So before I downloaded it I thought that I would research it a little just to be on the safe side. Well, my instincts were right, it was a fake! It was actually a virus itself.

At this point I think that I have dodged the bullet. I am so proud of myself. Well then comes the bomb!! All the sudden I the Internet is freaking out. Everything I do is blocked or stopped, and these ads keep coming up saying that I am not protected, and there are virus's on the computer, and if I download "Antivirus 2009" it will get rid of it all. It was so bad I can't do anything on the Internet. I try everything I know to do and nothing works. So I decide to try download something from McAfee to help. Well after it takes forever to download it doesn't even work!! At this point I have exhausted all my resources, or so I think. Then I remember that I have heard Travis say that he was going to "restore" the computer. Well I go searching through the computer to find anything that might help. Well then I find it. A button that I can push to fix everything (ok it was a little harder than that). Well it can't hurt the computer any more than it already is I thought so I did it. And it worked!!! My computer is back to normal!! I did it all by myself with out help from any one. I know that my husband would be so proud if had been here.

Well I know that you are thinking were does the Dr. Pepper come into play. Well here is that part of the story. See I fixed something that I know nothing about, and I was so happy. And there was this 2-liter of Dr. Pepper in the refrigerator that Travis bought while he was home that we never opened. I thought that I would treat myself to some since I rarely ever drink soda. Well I get a glass put some ice in it and get it out of the drink out of the fridge and then..... I can't get it open. I must have spent 20 minutes trying to get it open. And it never opened. I can fix something I know nothing about, but I can't open a stupid 2-liter!!! So it is still sitting in the fridge. That is the funny part to my story!! Sad I know, but I guess it is just another thing that can go wrong when your husband is away!!!