Would you like some Coffee with your Laptop?

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It has been hectic around here to say the very least.

It started last week when I leaned over my laptop to grab my cell phone to check a text message and I flung coffee all over it. I had a complete meltdown as my Husband stood there staring, not sure what to do, as coffee was flying all over the sofa, carpet and side table.

I immediately tried to do damage control. I was *lucky* the only damage was to the keyboard, the computer survived the spill. I had already backed everything up (thank god, because I am not always good with that). I went to the store the next day to buy a wireless keyboard, brought home the wrong one. Went back and got the right one, only it didn’t freaking work right. The keys kept sticking and I was beyond frustrated at this point.

I get on the phone with Dell to order a new keyboard. They tell me it will be over 8 days until it ships. Fine, can you overnight it? Sure, but it still won’t leave the warehouse for 8 days. I don’t know, maybe its me, but that is pretty much a waste of money at this point. They talk me into upgrading my memory which I did need to do (definitely a plus). “Would you like to pay with your Dell preferred account?” Shipping is now free of course, because we know they will make up for it with their extremely high interest rates. But I didn’t care at that point…

And Murphy’s Law would be that I was on a deadline to finish a project because we were going camping for the weekend (which I was dreading with every fiber of my being) and with all the chaos I got even more behind on my work.

But here I am. I survived camping. I upgraded my memory. I have a new keyboard. And I backed up my files. It could be much worse but stressful none the less! Now I can take a deep breath and pick a project to work on from my mile long list.

I don’t know what I would do without Sugarfree RedBulls.

May 1, 2007 | Filed Under Geek Stuff, Technology Challenged 

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One Response to “Would you like some Coffee with your Laptop?”

  1. Loretta on May 3rd, 2007 1:52 pm

    You and your red bull ;) sugar free now, huh? That sounds even yuckier than regular red bull!

    I hope everything goes smoothly this week, and hey at least you got some new memory out of the spill!

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