missing a limb
Monday, January 28, 2008
Back when I was staying with The Out-Laws while our house was being built, I thought I had it bad when I had to be on dial-up to get my internet on. I lamented, I complained, I maybe whined a little. They eventually got high speed via a rural hick wireless connection, (which I also now have at my place) and I am pretty sure it was all because of the aforementioned whining.
But my beautiful HP laptop, trusted friend and conduit to all things external to my home, died on me last week. Cause of death seems to be motherboard failure. So now its off to the under warrantee repair folks who will hopefully treat my girl right and get her back to me soon. Sorry, but anything I spend that amount of time with is going to be female in my mind.
And now that she's gone, I only wish that I was on dialup, because at least then I'd still be able to sit on my couch and be connected when I should be sleeping like the rest of the house. I seriously feel like I am missing a limb, or at least an extremity. And I have so much time on my hands. In the past week I've read two books and a graphic novel that I have been meaning to get into for over a month.
The B.I.L. has very graciously loaned us the use of his desktop, so that Superwife can do her work from home until my old friend is back, but it is not at all the same. I just can't sit in the office on a pc anymore. I feel too tied down, so I only use it to start a download, copy any completed files (hello Doctor Who xmas Special!) or post on this blog. Hopefully the people at HP get me back in business soon. The time-off part of my swing shift is coming fast and I can only read so many books.
But my beautiful HP laptop, trusted friend and conduit to all things external to my home, died on me last week. Cause of death seems to be motherboard failure. So now its off to the under warrantee repair folks who will hopefully treat my girl right and get her back to me soon. Sorry, but anything I spend that amount of time with is going to be female in my mind.
And now that she's gone, I only wish that I was on dialup, because at least then I'd still be able to sit on my couch and be connected when I should be sleeping like the rest of the house. I seriously feel like I am missing a limb, or at least an extremity. And I have so much time on my hands. In the past week I've read two books and a graphic novel that I have been meaning to get into for over a month.
The B.I.L. has very graciously loaned us the use of his desktop, so that Superwife can do her work from home until my old friend is back, but it is not at all the same. I just can't sit in the office on a pc anymore. I feel too tied down, so I only use it to start a download, copy any completed files (hello Doctor Who xmas Special!) or post on this blog. Hopefully the people at HP get me back in business soon. The time-off part of my swing shift is coming fast and I can only read so many books.
Labels: everything else, tech
posted by raistlinsghost at 1/28/2008 04:25:00 AM
1 Comments:
Sometimes I think about how reliant I've become on technology, and I get a little angry at myself.
But then I think about how horrible life would be without my iPod or online Scrabble.
Yeah I like licorice and Scrabble, I am such an old lady.
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