Mama said there would be days like this

Today was such a mess. I woke up early to say my goodbyes to the Belgium guys (7.00AM). I thought while I was up I would get some things out of the way and eat breakfast. As I was about to leave my ipod froze. The title of the song was visible but none of the buttons did anything. I spent the next hour trying to fix the stupid thing. I had to unlock all my things, take out all the wires, turn the computer back on, mess with itunes, triple check all the plugs (in the dark so as not to wake the other 3 guys in the room). Nothing worked. Then I had to put everything back and lock everything. I missed breakfast. Naturally I was pissed. I walked down the the electronics store to see if they could help. They told me to go across the street (the widest street in the world by the way - no joke) to a video game store. I couldn't find the place - of course - because I was too frustrated and he happened to use a combination of words that I'm not used to hearing. So I decided to walk ten blocks to a better electronics store. They told me that the only place that could help was across town in Palermo - the Apple Store in a shopping mall. I didn't want to go because I told my self I would not take any more taxis but I was already two hours invested at this point and I just wanted my ipod to work. So I took a cab (6$ US) to the place (hunger begins to set in). I get to this mall and I could swear I was in the United States. The mall was so much malls in the U.S. that I begin to start looking at clothes and things, comparing prices...blah blah blah. I even found a Universidad de Palermo information stand (I stopped and asked where my building was in Palermo and the girl showed me). Then I saw a Nike Human Race poster so I went into the store to try and register. They said I had to go online. Finally I found the place. I knew they could help me. The guy took about 45 seconds to look at my ipod then he hands me a little slip of paper and tells me I have to go across to tech support because they only sell the ipods not fix them. I'm 4 hours in at this point. My buddies left, my ipod is broken, I missed breakfast and lunch, and I have been three places and nothing has worked. I feel even worse because I set a goal not to take a cab and I did. Not only that, I have to take another one back and I still haven't gone to tech support. No telling where that is. So I decided to give up. I went into the little market and bought some food and went home. By this time my ipod had ran out of batteries. I was sure it was dead forever. Then when I got home and connected the ipod and turned the computer on it worked! What a day. That was the hardest 10 hour stretch I have had in Argentina. I put my groceries up and treated myself to a stake dinner well deserved (10$ US).