An interesting turn of events
Sep. 25th, 2009 07:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
musingaloudA month ago, my Toshiba laptop died on me while I was on vacation, and I suffered through 5 days with no computer. But I lived, and since I'd already bought a new Sony VAIO laptop, it wasn't a huge issue, except for FIVE DAYS WITH NO COMPUTER! I'd been lazy, so hadn't done much writing, so no files were really lost, thanks to Dropbox. This morning I decided to see if I could boot the Toshiba from disk. Opened it up, and the same thing as before. Like there's no power to the ON button. I'm thinking something major with the power-something-or-other or motherboard. Then for some reason I notice the little white button close to the lid. When the lid closes, it depresses said button, and when the lid is opened, said button is released and VOILA, computer comes out of hibernation. But the little white button is still rather depressed, even though the lid is open, so I pull it up with my fingers, and WHOOSH, up starts my laptop. And it's been running ever since. WHEW! I'm happy, although I no longer need it. And now I think about those FIVE DAYS WITH NO COMPUTER that did not have to be, if only I'd noticed that little white button before. Good news is that I can now access my Quicken program again, which was the one thing I couldn't get to. My progam is old and it apparently won't run on Vista. OH duh! Why don't I put it on the Dell? HUH? Cause I'm an idiot, that's why. Task for tomorrow!
So several issues/crises have resolved to happy issues. Computer death? Solved. Youngest son's cancelled unemployement payments? Soon to be resolved after he finally gained a telephone interview after 2-3 weeks of waiting. And another issue with him that I'd rather not discuss came to the best possible conclusion. Another issue with son #1 looks to be resolving successfully, but I don't want to jinx that one by talking about it yet. And my grief over losing my longtime best friend? Well, I haven't accepted it yet, but I'm no longer in total denial. Still can't believe she's gone, but I guess I'll come to accept it, since I have to.
Having a nice relaxing weekend and getting a lot of errands run, which also relieves stress. And Son #2 wants me to go to the movies with him tomorrow. It's always cool when a grown son doesn't mind hanging out with his old mom. Or maybe he's just desperate to go to the movies and wants me to foot the bill. ;-)
So several issues/crises have resolved to happy issues. Computer death? Solved. Youngest son's cancelled unemployement payments? Soon to be resolved after he finally gained a telephone interview after 2-3 weeks of waiting. And another issue with him that I'd rather not discuss came to the best possible conclusion. Another issue with son #1 looks to be resolving successfully, but I don't want to jinx that one by talking about it yet. And my grief over losing my longtime best friend? Well, I haven't accepted it yet, but I'm no longer in total denial. Still can't believe she's gone, but I guess I'll come to accept it, since I have to.
Having a nice relaxing weekend and getting a lot of errands run, which also relieves stress. And Son #2 wants me to go to the movies with him tomorrow. It's always cool when a grown son doesn't mind hanging out with his old mom. Or maybe he's just desperate to go to the movies and wants me to foot the bill. ;-)
