Day 6 - March 19th 2024

My morning began very early again today at 4:20am for the 8th consecutive day of my religious fast. I had to wake up before sunrise to eat a small meal, as fasting prohibits eating or drinking anything from sunrise to sunset. After that pre-dawn snack, I tried to get a bit more rest and went back to sleep until 7:30am.

I left my host family's home around 8:20am to head into work at the computer repair shop in Blackrock. I arrived at the shop just before 9:30am, and as I was walking up, I saw a father and son swimming together in the cold waters of the nearby sea - a brisk way to start the day!

I had the key to open the shop So I unlocked the door, turned on the lights and computers, and gave the place a quick tidy by wiping down counters and surfaces before customers would start arriving. Soon enough, the repair tickets started flowing in. Among the first jobs were four laptops that needed to be freshly imaged with new Windows installations. I reformatted the drives and spent a couple of hours meticulously setting up Windows 10 from scratch.

I also had one laptop that needed to become a Linux machine instead, so I loaded up the latest Ubuntu distro per the customer's request. While those installations chugged along, I helped another customer get their antivirus software configured properly on a newly repaired laptop. Throughout the day, I installed various programs, apps, and utilities on multiple machines as each job required. I also created a bootable USB drive using our disk imaging tools for Kali Linux Os. My teacher even stopped by the shop for a visit around lunchtime.

To keep our retail section tidy, I printed new product labels for accessories like chargers, cables, and headphones, and affixed them to the respective items. Around 1:30pm, when the midday fatigue from fasting started setting in, I stepped outside for a 20-minute walk along the seacoast to get some fresh air and be ready for the afternoon's jobs.

One repair involved updating printer's drivers, but I accidentally installed something that conflicted and blocked the intended driver from loading properly. After some trial-and-error in Device Manager, I couldn’t resolve the issue and run out of time. I wrapped up around 4pm, headed home, showered, and then went out for a big evening meal to finally break the 8th day's fast. A productive day overall!-