I feel somewhat triumphant about my epic win.

I sat down last night with plenty of ideas about what I was going to say in this entry. And then I found out that my computer had a virus. And I could not post a blog simply because every time I clicked the New Post button I was redirected to a random advertisement. And so it was with every link I clicked on any website. It was only slightly frustrating. It became downright infuriating when I Googled the problem and soon realized I couldn't look at any of the results because that would require clicking on the link...which would redirect me to a random advertisement. I eventually admitted defeat in that area and used Ryan's computer to look up a few possible solutions and downloaded the programs that could help me fix it onto my USB drive.

After five hours of deleting files, replacing them with dummy files, uninstalling Firefox entirely, deleting all versions of Java on my computer, reinstalling the newest version of Java, unhiding my secure files, scanning my entire computer for malware twice, rehiding my secure files, and completely reinstalling Firefox...I was virus free at last! And no factory restore required! All of my photos and music remain entact! I am so very proud of the computer savvy I didn't even know I possessed until the long drawn out battle I fought against that wretched virus last night. When all I wanted to do was post a blog and play some Sims 3.

As a reward to myself I played Sims 3 for pretty much the entire day in between playing/caring for Anya and a few household chores. And I'm about to play some more. Because my idea of a Winter break does not include a ski vacation; it just requires my family, my computer, and a stockpile of Coke Zero. And now that the beast has been conquered, I can sit back and enjoy all three for the remainder of the evening.