Here I am, blogging illegally at school (PLEASE DON'T FIRE ME). Why, you might ask? Thursday night, when I was out for this fabulous girl's birthday, Luke went all fists of fury on my precious pink laptop. In the process, he rendered four keys unusable. Could itbe the x, z, q, and semi-colon keys? No, no, he of course broke the c, d, e, and 3 keys. Now, I could probably live without the 3, but those other keys? Kind of important! Saturday morning, I made a painstaking attempt to write an email by copying and pasting c, d, and e, but it took a ridicously long time and apparently made Beth think something was wrong with HER computer, due to all the different sized letters. Awesome, right? So it was off to Best Buy, where they apparently don't have key fixing parts, thus I am laptopless for two to four BUSINESS weeks.
I feel a little lost. I can check some blogs at work and gmail, but no facebook or twitter. What this is teaching me is that it's time to upgrade to a phone that has a web browser. But yet though I miss the hell out of my pink laptop, I can't help but feel a little unfettered. I usually go on the computer in the morning before work and in the evening, after Luke is in bed. Instead, I'm playing Mario Kart, taking baths, and READING. I have no new books, so I'm re-reading Harry Potter and loving it. I'm even, gasp, cleaning! That's not to say that I won't excitedly be catching up on facebook and twitter when my laptop is back in my hands, but right now? I'm kind of lovin' it.
Random note #1: My students are listening to MLK Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech. Every year, I'm amazed at how beautifully written and inspiring this speech is. If you haven't listened to it recently, please do so.
Random note #2: This totally awesome mama is heading back to work today. Can you drop in and share your words of wisdom? Or tell her you're thinking of her? Or just tell her that she rocks?
Random note #3: Had a parent meeting with a dad who made me cry last week. When his wife started crying this morning, I got up and handed her a box of tissues. I wanted to say, "When YOU made me cry last week, no one gave me Kleenex." Sometimes it's painful to be the bigger person!
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12 comments:
The mother started crying? interesting...
you are right, it's better to be the bigger person!
*poor pink laptop
You are a bigger person indeed.
Enjoy your time unconnected and know that we will all be here when you have your laptop back.
But 2-4 weeks?? I'd go crazy.
Maybe for a C you (ould use the sad, smiley face key. (an you see it? I'm not sure what you would do for D and E.
I used to have a copy of RFK's speech the night MLK was shot on my wall... I wonder where it is now...
My hard drive crashed over the holidays- I got so much stuff done around the house when I didn't have the computer to distract me.
Hope Pinkie gets fixed quickly.
Ack! 2 to 4 business weeks is practically a LIFETIME!
No, you rock.
Thank you for thinking of me. I'm lucky to be your friend.
NO PINK LAPTOP? The horror. I think I might die if ruby were out of commission. Seriously. Mia slaps her around all the time. I think I'll have to put a stop to that right away. Just in case.
So the father made you cry and then you made the mother cry? What's up with that? You bully :) But I guess you gave her a kleenex, so that was kind of nice ;)
I would be lost with out my laptop too! And my school finally blocked twitter, which is probably a good thing for my productivity. But, the iphone in my pocket, he, he, he...
I bawled the first time I met Noah's teacher last year. I hope things have gone better today!
Steph
It's amazing what you can do when you are computer-less!
i wondered where you have been! i miss you.
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