six bloody miles back and forth

[kleenexwoman]

All right, I'm back.

Thank you to everyone who gave advice, sympathy, or silly jokes. They helped a LOT, and I'm feeling much better about things.
I have had a nice break so far, until yesterday. Spent the weekend with Dad, spent Monday and Tuesday up at Eastern with Dan and Ben. Had an absolutely lovely time.
Then I spilled that chocolate sauce on my laptop while working on a Mary Sue challenge...

I took my laptop into a repair place. Walked 6 miles and the tech wasn't there, so I left it there and he's going to take a look at it. Apparently it'll cost $50 just to clean and repair the keys (Brian had a go at it and fucked up one of the arrow keys before I could pry the screwdriver out of his hands), but I've got enough in my checking account. Of course, this will mean that I will have to mooch off Dad like crazy...but freshmen are allowed.
I do need to get a job this summer. I'm thinking Border's; I can bike there, and Kathy (one of the managers) knows me. I just filled out an online application...thirty-seven pages of multiple-choice personality questions that all ask the same three things in five hundred different ways. Damn.
So I may not be able to be on Messenger or work on any stories or fanfic for a while. If I'm lucky, the keyboard will be cleaned and fixed within three days (that was the time estimate) and I'm out $50. If I'm not lucky, I'll have to wait a LOT longer and pay more. If I am particularly unlucky, my laptop will be dead, along with my music files, my fanfic, and my homework.

Good news: I got to Mom's house and found some packages that had been awaiting me. Namely, a lovely picture of Crispin as George from hawksatmash (thank you! It's hanging on my wall), a copy of "Bartleby" (cannot wait to watch it), a copy of "The Big Problem" (yes!!!!!), and Daryn's movies (finally! But I can't watch them until my laptop is fixed...)

Geh. Well. In the meantime, I've been active as me over on sages_of_chaos (because I have nothing else to do...no books no DVD player no laptop, and I have all this...INTERNET...) and I've got a date with Bill and Ted at an MC5 concert. And I've also helped convince the Black Mamba to go after Charlie's Angels, which is a crossover I've been wanting to write...yay.

Comments

*latches on to ya*

[wolf-heart9.livejournal.com]

I understand the job thing, but you know that you'll still have some time to get on YIM...right? *panicked* Right????? *twitchy*

Seriously, I'm sure your laptop will be fixed. I'm sure it won't cost more than they quoted. I'm sure you won't have lost anything...though may I recommend making some back up disks? Do you have a CD burner? If so, you ought to burn some. That's one of the things I've had to start doing periodically. In fact, I'm due for an update soon. *g*

But I can't wait for you to be back...night's have been very quiet here.

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[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

Well, it's going to be a summer job. I mean that since I won't have my laptop, I might not be able to get on YIM too often in the next week. I'll try to get on from the library, but they close early...

Back-up disks...man, I should have thought of that before. Oh well...damn...

And I miss you too, and I really cannot wait to be back.

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[wolf-heart9.livejournal.com]

Ah...okay. I'll have to get online earlier to catch you before the library closes. Do you know how long your laptop will take?

*points to self* I'm very impatient. *g*

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[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

Heh, I know. I too am impatient. It's driving me crazy just sitting here...

The guy said three to five days. I leave on Sunday, and they're not open then. I might not get it back until next weekend. Argh.

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[wolf-heart9.livejournal.com]

GAH!!!!!!

*calms down* I can deal with earlier convos from your library...I can be patient...REALLY! I can! *twitch*

[ghostgecko.livejournal.com]

$50 to clean a keyboard? Damn. Now I feel really, really guilty *smacks self*

[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

I have absolutely no idea why you should feel guilty, 'cause it wasn't your fault.
If I had been doing Econ instead, it probably would have been stickier.

[dr-ninjapants.livejournal.com]

SWEET!!!! Well, I'm glad you finally got the movies, but it's SWEET that you got the Crispin CD!!! He really needs to put out more.

Meh! I hope your laptop gets fixed soon! Maybe it'll be fixed in time for me to send the next CD which will hopefully be done by April 7th. I have set myself a deadline!

[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

He really needs to put out more.

:resists urge to make really bad dirty joke:

I am going to write a long review of every one of your movies once I get done watching them. I'm ridiculously excited about this.