New iPod / Back to School

Here I go with my second Blog post. I don't post much but I figured I should start.

I'll start off with the new iPod. I should really say replacement iPod #2, making it my third iPod in less than a year. iPod #1 - the original lasted until about June. It started acting like a CD that was rubbed with sandpaper. Songs would skip or freeze resulting in the iPod giving up on them and trying the next song. Sometimes it ended up going through about 10 songs before finding one it can play. So hey, I'll restore it and upgrade its software and wow that made it worse. A trip to Chandler Mall and the Apple Store resulted in iPod #2. Keep in mind these are replacements covered by warrenty.

iPod #2 performed great. I didn't have any problems with it for about 2 months until last night. I was listening to it and it randomly decided to freeze on a song. The iPod decided not to respond to me hitting play and what not so I reset it. The reset came up with a picture of an iPod with a sad face. So iPod #2 slipped into a state of depression and didn't want anything to do with music or even just turning on. So I went to the Apple Store again and got myself iPod #3.

So far all I've done with iPod #3 is put music on it but I'll see how that one goes. I decided to extend my warrenty another year since replacement iPods are only warrentied 90 days or to the end of your original iPod's warrenty, whichever is later. Since the original iPod's warrenty ends in September making the replacement iPod only warrentied 90 days from today...I figured $47 is a lot cheaper than $100 or more for a new mp3 player.

On to first day back to school. Normally University of Phoenix is an all year school but I was randomly given a one month break. Being that it is possibly my last break all the way through Spring 2007, I tried to make the best of it. I surely enjoyed not having to write a paper or two every week, but now I'm back into it and this class looks like a breeze. Computer and Information Systems. There is one individual paper due for this class and it is to define components of a computer. That should be easy enough. Knowing how I do homework I'll end up putting it off until next week before class.

So that was my day today...of course I left out the oil change. I usually look at new cars at the dealership while waiting for my oil change but they were practically sold out. Crazy what giving people the employee discount can do.