Compaq Presario V2000

What my laptop and I did in the last 24 hours…

I think my computer is d.e.a.d.
8:09 PM Oct 21st from mobile web

Oh my God. Thank God for smartphones.
about 23 hours ago from mobile web

Laptop shopping during my lunch break. Bah.
about 9 hours ago from web

Found an affordable laptop that I liked. But then I found out it’s got a 9 inch screen. No thanks.
about 9 hours ago from web

Performing surgery on my laptop. . .
about 2 hours ago from mobile web

And it turned on. . .
about 2 hours ago from mobile web

I think I rock, but Im definitely going to be nicer to my laptop from now on.
about 2 hours ago from mobile web

What Im doing after work tomorrow: saving all my files on my external hard drive.
about 2 hours ago from mobile web

My laptop just shut down while I was using it last night. It wasn’t a gradual shut down; it was as if someone had unplugged the actual battery itself. It wouldn’t turn on at all so, naturally, I panicked. Thoughts were running through my head like, “Oh my God. All the photos I haven’t back up yet.” “My fellowship application.” “What am I going to do without a laptop!” “How am I going to watch my shows?!” And so on. (My imagination can run rampant at times).

I took every opportunity during my breaks at work today to research an affordable laptop that I could buy and have delivered by the weekend. After work, however, I was brave enough to take apart my laptop in hopes that things were just a little dusty and loose in there. And, sure enough, it worked! (After a couple times of taking more and more things apart).

My laptop is probably nearing its end anyway. It’s nearly five years old but I like it. A lot. Kudos to me for knowing how to take apart a laptop (I can do the same for a desktop but I haven’t done that in a very long time).  So, off I go now to celebrate with some Long Islands…

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