Turning the laptop on its side is the only way I can keep the juice flowing.
The External Hard Drive of Doom arrived safely so that I can back up the laptop and get it healed.
The drives have been imaged. Then I ran the Vista M$ backup. THEN I copied every file as-is from the hard drive to the external.
Say a prayer or three for me today y’all. Light a candle, chant, dance naked in the sunlight I don’t care - just send me happy computer thoughts. The plug to my laptop finally said “oh HELL naw” and popped out when I disconnected it today. Does anyone know how to repair this problem, or am I going to have to suck it up and send it in?
See that piece of metal sticking out? Yeaaaah, that’s not supposed to be there. That’s supposed to be mounted in the laptop.
My current method of operation is to watch the battery drain, say a few choice words and try to wiggle the thing back into connecting properly. Most of the time I’m able to get and keep power to it. However, I’m going to be spending tomorrow making backups and moving things around juuust to be on the safe side.
Oh how to spend today’s $25,600? I’ve debated and written and deleted several things. And we can’t forget the constant interruptions of The Progeny as I try to write. Today’s method of attention grabbing is to take a flying leap, landing across my chest (because they know landing on the laptop will land them In Trouble). But I ultimately decided that Holly needs a new car. She’s getting a Honda Civic Hybrid (MSRP $22,600), title/taxes/tags, and a tank or three of gasoline with the remainder.
Holly has family in Texas, Utah, Nevada, and Oklahoma, and friends across the US (and like me, does not LOVE to fly. We get on planes with a grudging cranky acceptance that it’s the best way to get from point A to point B at that particular time). Having a hybrid car will significantly ease the cost of taking said trips.
I’m participating in The Millionaire Mommy Next Door’s abundant life spending spree
30 days of spending
You’re just going to have to suck it up and deal re: the image quality - it was taken with my daughter’s craptastic cell camera.
I honestly don’t know if Mamaw has ever seen a laptop, much less actually held one on her lap (at 91, techology at that level is extremely optional), and flipping our way through the photos from LAST year’s party was downright fascinating to her.
