So . . . I fried my laptop. My cute, beautiful little white MacBook. It was only a few months old - a graduation gift from the hubby, and in seconds, I destroyed it. Who knew a drop of coffee on a laptop kills it dead! I get to the Apple store and they tell me if I left it off and dried it out and didn't try to turn it on for a few days it might have had a chance. Of course I had been pressing the "on" button at 15 second intervals for the past hour! Newsflash - when laptops are sold they should say "Congratulations on your purchase of an extremely fragile machine, never drink anything around it or it will explode!" I mean, come on, people buy laptops for portability. You take them to coffee shops, you sip on wine while online shopping - WHO KNEW!!! So, I type this entry on my husband's big clunky business appropriate ThinkPad and remember my cute little laptop, that sits in our office like an overpriced display item.
p.s. of course, I never back-up!
On a lighter note, I am currently on vacation. Didn't go anywhere or do much of anything except laundry and watch Sex and the City and Lost (we made this one a "staycation"). It was great to just get up everyday with nothing to do. I found a marvelous little used bookshop and bought nearly all of their Nikki Giovanni books (at least the ones I didn't already have). I've spent most of today sitting outside - on our deck, at the little market in Carrboro with the cute green picnic tables - its marvelous. Vacation on a beautiful day - what could be better!
and a secret shout-out to my most loyal reader (I should be okay since this isn't facebook) - CONGRATULATIONS!!!! your news made my week!! :)
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Friend--Ha! I love it! I am SO sorry I haven't called you yet... I promise it is on the top of my "things I want to do" list! Right now, I'm working at the guideposts office, and they don't know my secret, so I can't exactly call and chat! ;)
Anyway, can't believe the story about your laptop. That's one of my greatest fears! Seriously, one time I dropped my laptop on the floor--it fell off my bed--and i about had a heart attack. Anyway, I take your story as a lesson--if by chance I spill coffee on my computer, I will not try to turn it on, but will take it to the genius bar immediately. ;)
xoxoxox love love!
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