My Wayward Laptop, part the last

 The continuing trials and tribulations of my laptop.

My laptop came home.  I thought that we were all set to go!  I turned it on - and for the first week, it worked. Seven days later, it died for the last time.  I ordered a new laptop.  Upgraded model and memory.  You know there's a chip shortage, right?  That's the biggest reason why I wanted to fix the old laptop, if possible.  

Anyway, many weeks later, and I finally have a new laptop.  It works very well.  Ultra fast processing speed!  And it's so light and airy!  It doesn't have all of the stickers that my last laptop had on it, but over time, I'll find them!  I think the sticker I will miss most said "Easily distracted by cats and books."  A friend gave that to me a couple of  years ago when she got promoted.  I think of her every time I look at it.  

So, I am looking at the queue of posts that I had started on before the laptop died the last time.  They need some work - but I will start scheduling those this week.  Believe me, I have a lot to say!

I hope your summer has been going well!

My Wayward Laptop, pt. 3

Today, my laptop has finally returned from the Big Box Retailer!  The Squad swears that they have fixed it this time.  Last time, they said they had replaced the mother board and my battery.  When I picked it up today, they said they had to replace my mother board and my battery again.

Last time, I had no problems getting back into my computer, and all of my data and settings were still good.  This time, I came back and had to set up everything from scratch.  ALL of my data is gone.  Fortunately, everything is backed up either to the cloud or to an external hard drive.  Or both.

I've spent the past few hours navigating the twists and turns of installing anti-virus protection, getting my favorite backgrounds, etc.  It's been a frustrating evening.

My Wayward Laptop, part 2

 The battery is dead on my laptop.  So once again, I am headed off to the Big Box Store to see if they can fix it.  I believe I'm going to have to leave it there.  If the last time this happened is indicative, I could be without my laptop for a significant period of time. 

In anticipation, I have saved 2 weeks worth of posts to automatically release.  The pictures and stories will be about our trip to Upstate New York last fall, and any other random things I can find that might be of interest.

Just letting you know in case if things seem a bit off, or in case my posts suddenly stop.  I haven't stopped posting - I'm just waiting for my laptop!