Wednesday, September 17, 2008

My inner cave woman emerges

My laptop's power cord has a short in it. I had to order a new one today, and it cost over $70. Friggin ridiculous. I shopped around, but apparantly this specific cord is hard to find. Even the Toshiba company itself had them on backorder - which means I won't get mine for 2 weeks. :/ Well, anyone who knows me knows that I will go to world's end to make sure I have access to my computer. Not just for internet purposes (which is neccesary for obvious reasons), but also because my journal, poetry, budget, pictures and videos, bill history and layout for the entire year of 2008, my BOOK, and various other things are on my computer. Plus Willy needs it for college. So I was having a bit of a meltdown. I was thinking, 'Daddy could fix this'. So I went to walmart and got myself some electrical tape. Then I came home and used Willy's multi-tool and began to diasect my power cord. I knew where the short was (in the most difficult thickest complex section of COURSE) and I knew why it had shorted (too much pressure while holding it at the wrong angle ripped the wires apart) so I just had to get inside. Well, I successfully opened it up (finally) withou slicing through any of my own flesh. It looked hopeless. I won't go into all the details and thoughts I had running through my mind, but suffice it to say I must have inherited some of my father's mechanical/electrical inclination because I was able to successfully rig the cord to where I can plug my PC in and actually charge it. For now. I was very happy. I can't move my laptop because I'm scared the cord will mess up again (its very fragile), but at least its working.
Lets see..... I also went grocery shopping today and only broke the budget by about $15. I'm planning on raising the grocery money ladder a rung or 2 anyway though.
Um... Phisical Therapy is still going good. My knee is better, though I have a feeling its not going to be 100% before my sessions are done.
Our VERY annoying neighbors are moving next month and so we are hoping to get some of the guys to move in. That would be really benificial to us.... We would know our neighbors and could keep an eye out for eachother, and we wouldn't have to worry about a bunch of freaks moving in. So we will see how that goes.
I'm tired so maybe I will post tomorrow. Then again, with the power cord situation, maybe not.

I have the least in common with all the females here because I'm the only one that doesn't have kids. I want a baby..... kind of. Not so I can fit in, I'm not that desperate to fit in with my peers. I was just thinking about it. I mean yeah, I'd love to have a little baby because they are so helpless and precious and innocent that it breaks your heart, but then I think about the practical side. The realistic side. No alone time, no free time, no freedom to to what I want when I want. I wouldn't even be able to sleep in. Something so simple. Plus, I don't need anyone else to worry about.
I'm in a funk.

4 comments:

Sandy said...

Snap out of that funk girl, YOU ARE SUPER-WOMAN! Whew! I am in awe of you power cord surgery! About the other...in G-d's timing.
Love ya,
Can't wait to see y'all
Gama

Chuchy said...

Oh think about a little alex/marli running around how cute.
love you and miss you

Song of the South said...

Hey Marli,
Sorry you are in a funk :(

I am sooooooo proud of you about fixing the cord. :))))) You are quite a WOMAN! ALL THAT AND MORE!!!
If your knee is not well by the time physical therapy is over will you get more therapy? I sure hope so.
I miss you like crazy and I love very very very very very muchhhhhhhhh
Mama

HopefulHeart77 said...

By the way, Your Daddy would be very proud of you for fixing that cord, heck even for attempting it! You must have inherited some of that genius mechanical ability from him!