There I was, tapping away at my ancient but rugged IBM laptop, minding my own business when it finally happened. I should have known it was coming. I should have been better prepared. Maybe I was in denial? I don’t know. But at about 9am last Friday morning, my until-that-point trusty laptop decided to turn itself off, never to be turned on again by me. I’m heartbroken and not sure what to do with myself. It was so sudden.
I had been in the middle of typing up my earnings report which, for the first time, came in at over $3000 for the month (a detailed post will come later). It had done that sort of thing before. Turning off without warning, not turning on when I needed it most. But it always seemed to revive itself if I gave it a break for awhile. But this time, my laptop’s day has come and I have said my goodbyes.
In truth, I think we’ve been drifting apart these past few months. I’ve noticed my eyes drifting off to Macbooks, coveting their sleek exterior and mysterious (to me) ways. I’ve been debating for a few months whether to ditch my little IBM friend in favour of a Macbook and it seems like the joke is on me. It’s for the best, I think. I want to get more into photo, video and design stuff, maybe take a few courses here and there, and I don’t think my IBM circa 2006 would have cut it. So it’s with a heavy heart that I say goodbye to my old friend.
But as much as I loved my old laptop and as great as it’s been these past few years, it dying at this exact moment is pretty bloody inconvenient. I’ve got about three more weeks left in Haiti which means I won’t be in touch quite as much as I would like. I won’t be able to stay on top of advertising requests or do much ebook promoting either so I could go from my best month ever to one of my worst months…. it’ll be interested to see, for sure.
So I guess this update is to say that I’m kind of screwed as far as getting online goes and May will be a quiet month. I guess I’m on vacation!
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