What that sentiment is geared toward is my new laptop: Big
Red. Or maybe it’s really geared toward Dell. I’m not happy with either right
now.
Yesterday, for the third time since I got this thing, my
laptop wouldn’t turn on. I waited 30 minutes (because last time it came on
after waiting) and I got the message there wasn’t a hard drive. That did NOT
make me a happy camper.
I e-mailed the person who had supposedly “fixed” it the
other two times. I have yet to hear back.
Luckily for me, I had errands to run and I was gone for a
good part of the day. When I returned home and found I still hadn’t received an
e-mail from Dell, I pushed the on button again and low and behold… it came on!
My husband thinks maybe I just shouldn’t turn it off. So I
didn’t last night and it seems to be working fine. I still want Dell to do
something about this, though. If that means they replace it, then fine. I’ll
hate having to adjust everything to the way I have it (because I’m sure I won’t
get it all right), but I just hate not being able to trust something I only
owned a month.
On scarier news… Yesterday (hmmm… maybe I should have just
stayed in bed?) I went outside to get the newspaper. It was still dark (around 6:30am) and it was
freezing. I heard some rustling between our house and the neighbor's (there are
dead leaves on the ground between our houses). The last couple of days I’ve
heard a cat meowing, so I figured it was finally showing himself. Nope.
What I saw instead made my heart race and my feet retreat
back to the house. It was none other than a skunk. And he was walking toward
me. Oh no!
I backed up to the house and waited while he crossed the
street. Feeling it was safe, I headed back to the mailbox to get my paper when
the sucker turned around and walked toward me again. That was all I needed to
tell me the paper could wait.
This was the first (yes, FIRST) time I’ve ever seen a skunk
alive. I hope I never see another.
Oh gee, look. That title could have been for that skunk,
too!
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| Taken in 1986. Bet you can guess where. :) |
So… Today is my son’s 34th birthday. Here’s a picture of my
little boy, my Alaskan souvenir (we were stationed at Ft. Wainwright , Alaska
Happy Friday!
Stacy
3 comments:
Happy birthday to your son!
Hope that skunk finds another neighborhood. That's too close for comfort.
Just leaving your laptop on is not a good long-term solution. Hope Dell makes this right.
I've generally found skunks to be pretty inoffensive (aside from the smell) little creatures that just go about their business without giving too much of a you-know-what about people. I like 'em!
Hopefully, your weekend goes better than your last two days!
Maria - Yeah, it was too close. Certainly got my heart pumpin'! :)
Jeff - I hope Dell makes it right, too, but I have YET to hear from them. I may have to send them another e-mail.
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