Heart attack averted

I turned on my computer this morning to check my email and such and to my absolute horror, it would not start. I can not explain to you how shit scary this was for me. I nearly cried ( a tear or two might have slipped through). And then I had a revelation: this computer will be my only connection to my current world! Without it, I will not be able to afford to keep in touch with everyone I want to. ACK! The pressure was building in my chest.

Anyways, I started freaking out and pressing all sorts of button combinations that probably only made things worse. Then I started praying like a banshee. It wasn't pretty. I finally shut down the computer and restarted it and some message came up recommending I have the Windows find the problem and repair them which "might take several minutes". 15 minutes later, I start to feel my left arm go numb and my heart is pounding harder and harder and suddenly a message appears telling me Windows can not fix the problems! Things are starting to get hazy and I'm feeling as though there is less oxygen in the room than there should be. The message tells me to click finish to shut down the computer. I do it.

I wait as long as I can (about 1.5 seconds) and restart the computer. I wait with baited breath, mostly because I am still hyperventilating. The computer starts as normal. Holy mother freaking shit, pardon my francais. I may never shut down my computer again, just on the off chance this happens. Could there have been a worse way to start the day I leave for London? I can't think of one right now. I really really hope this is not foreshadowing for how this day will turn out cause if it is, I'm just gonna stay in bed.