Happy Happy Joy Joy!

I am doing the happy dance to end all happy dances. I was so bummed out yesterday about my laptop breaking down. Before I had to leave for work my husband called the store where he bought it and asked them about fixing it. They said it could be a couple of things. Maybe the power switch broke, maybe there was something wrong with the hard-drive, maybe it was the battery's fault. The battery had been bad from the day we brought it home, but the technician said sometimes the battery just goes evil (like in the story on QSW) and won't let the laptop turn on. He said it would cost $35 just for them to look at it, and they wouldn't even be able to look at it for at least 5 days. After they finally got around to looking at it they might end up having to order parts and that could take another week or two for delivery. So I was totally bummed out.

Imagine my horror when I saw my laptop carrying case sitting on the end table when I got home last night. I always try to be optimistic, so I thought maybe he had dropped off the laptop and just took the case home. Then I lifted up the corner of the case and could feel that the laptop was still in there. Great, I thought, it's not even in the shop yet. That means it's going to be another day without my little plastic bundle of joy. Then my husband told me the good news. No, the great news, the breaking news, the better than 'You just won the lottery' news. My laptop is fixed! Hooray! He said the technician just popped out the battery and plugged it in and it came right on. It was the evil battery from hell. They even fixed the 'function' key that had been wobbling around like a baby tooth right before it falls out. We're on a waiting list to get a new battery now, but it works fine with just a gaping hole in the side where the battery should be.