The Jack Saga

As many of my friends already know, Jack, my dear laptop, has had a rough week. You see, I accidentally baptized him on Thursday. Now I believe in baptism in as Christian, but baptism for laptops...NOT a good idea!

It wasn't an intentional baptism though. I was having a rough day and I sat down too fast at my desk, slammed my knee into the leg, and over went my cup of water, right onto Jack. I grabbed it before the whole thing spilled, but it was full, so Jack still got half a cup of water all over the keyboard.

We let Jack dry out over night and then tried to turn him on. He turned on just fine, but we quickly realized that there was a short in the keyboard. We tried taking him into a repair shop, but it was going to cost an arm and a leg, way more than we can afford! So we took Jack to the Stickney men ICU and Mo and his Dad pulled him apart to figure out exactly what was going on.

It is definitely just the keyboard that's messed up, and the keyboard is terminal. We've looked to see if we can find a supplier in the US, but so far no dice. And the European suppliers want $50 to ship the keyboards here! So for now, I have a USB key board hooked up to Jack, and I'm good to go. Doesn't he look brave yet pathetic?

Yes, my desk is a total mess. Things tend to be a bit of a mess...I'm just too good at getting distracted! I try to clean up about once a week - but these last couple of weeks have been pretty hectic and I've kinda fallen behind... Once this bazaar weekend is over I plan on doing a massive overhaul of my desks :) Yes, I said desks plural. This is my work desk with my laptop and a lot of my beads, (it's a card table), I have an entire card table behind me with MORE bead stuff, tools, projects in progress, items waiting to be posted...

Ok. I'll let you go about your day and quit boring you :P

Edit: I forgot to add - the only nice thing about using a USB keyboard is that I now have a 10 key number pad again, which I've missed while having laptops for the last few years! I also get to put Jack up on top of bead box so the screen is at a better height for viewing which means that it's easier to remember to keep good posture which is good for my back!

So Much On My Mind!

Do you ever feel like your being pulled in a million directions at once? That's exactly how I feel right now. I have so many things I want to do and I'm limited by the following factors:

1. Hours in the day
2. Energy
3. Health
4. Jack got baptized (I'll explain)
5. Probably more factors :P

I have a lot of writing I want to do, many things I'd like to share with you guys, my friends, but I'm just too busy for the next few days! I have a bazaar this weekend, so I'm rather consumed with getting ready for that. On top of that Christmas starts to draw near and I'm crafting most of my presents this year so that's helping keep me busy too!

On top of that, like I said, Jack got baptized. Jack is my laptop. Now, I know your not supposed to baptize laptops and I really did NOT mean to pour half a cup of water over him, but it happened, and it's making things even more stressful!

So what does this all mean? It means the writing is all in my head, I'll continue to dream the words, and I'll try to take the rest of my projects one day at a time :)

Oh yes, and my asthma's been worse again this week. *sigh* We're temporarily spiking my steroids and hopefully it's just a hiccup and I'll go back to getting stronger like I have been. Trying to stay positive!