Wet and Pissed Off

Typically I don't mind a sudden shower, in fact sometimes I even enjoy it...

... you rush home, get drenched and put on some new clothes and everything is better.

Everything is better, that is, unless you have just lost some of your belongings to the downpour. As well, Monday it hailed near Trent University iceballs the size of marbles!

I had in my bookbag on Monday evening, my laptop with power supply, a thick Coldfusion MX manual that belongs to a friend, all of my newly purchased math course books, paper, and new clipboard as well as my digital camera, my pens and pencils, my cellphone and the list goes on.

Of all these things the only device not to work after drying out was my laptop power supply, not a huge deal one would think, but still irksome after only owning the laptop a few months. As well, I'm not sure about the condition of my friend's Coldfusion manual yet as it was in the same puddle at the bottom of my bookbag as the power supply was.

Well I went online to find that a standard power supply for laptops can cost upwards of $120!!!

I managed to find a deal at $20 US on eBay, which will end up costing me about $60 Canadian when I add on $13 shipping USD, convert that to Canadian funds, pay brokerage and taxes on those items and they arrive at my door.

What a pain in the ass!