Temporary Laptoplessness

After work yesterday I was eager to get cracking on the laptop issue. Because there are things stuck in there of vital importance to me, the lack of juice running through the poor thing was more than a little distressing. I consulted the Yellow Pages and found that there are not many options available in the Newport-Claremont area, but several in Lebanon. I called the one(1) number for Claremont and described my troubles, including my belief that it was probably the AC adapter plug that was fried, and he said he couldn't handle things like that -- I guess he just does viruses and such -- and referred me elsewhere. I called that number and the lady on the phone said, sure, bring it in. They were open until 5. It was now 4:25, and they were in Claremont, so I really had to boogie.

I made it there and he looked it over, and we both now believe it is probably the plug that's fucked up, although it could be the pin inside the back of the laptop, too, but he'll check it out. If it's just the plug, the guy can do some techie-fu on it and get me running again for about $50. If it's the pin, I might be looking at $150 to $200. He mentioned, in case it was the latter, how much I was willing to spend on it, and while I didn't get into the issue of having important files in there in need of rescue, I did give him the go ahead (as long as he calls me and let's me know ahead of time). That laptop is, after all, my baby. And the things that are in there are worth at least $200 to me, especially given how hard it would be to do some of them over. It isn't just those three chapters either; there are other projects inside of it.

I should, hopefully, have it back by Thursday or Friday. I hope it isn't longer than that because it pains me not to have it in my possession, and even more so with the issue of its workability in question. Plus, my desk looks very barren and lonely without the laptop set up waiting for me to come over and work with it. Not to mention I'm not getting as much work done this week as I really wanted to.

It'll all work out, though.