This past couple of days have been pretty crazy. I've been helping a lot of new students to setup their computers on the network here at school, so I've barely had time to do the stuff that I've wanted to do. Sometimes it's really frustrating doing this, especially when I get incredibly stressed out, like I did yesterday.
There was just so much going on yesterday, it was simply overwhelming. One of my friends got a virus, so I spent a good amount of my afternoon trying to help her clean it off. The network at school wasn't running at all, so I had all kinds of people calling me about that. I've sort of become the student representative of ITR: when someone has a problem, they contact me first.
Today was much better, though. I spent a couple of hours working on computer issues (including some I'm having with my system) and got a lot of stuff worked out. Of course, I haven't done any homework for my classes tomorrow, but that is beside the point. My friend whom I helped with the virus yesterday was extremely thankful--I don't know how many times she thanked me.
Some people always ask why I don't want money for the service I do. It occurs to me to charge money only because other people mention it. I enjoy helping others; I like to see people smile. When I help someone with computer problems, they're so happy that it works, it just really makes my day (not to mention theirs!). It's also a really cool way of meeting people. I'm also serving others, which is a great thing for my faith. In other words, it's an all-around cool experience for everyone involved.
