So Much for Making Up for Lost Time
Comments (0) So I said that I was going to make up for not posting a few times. Obviously, that never happened. Do I have more excuses? Of course I do! Wanna hear ‘em?
We had a helluva nor’easter on Wednesday and Thursday. Surprisingly, the power never went out, but I was reluctant to work on the computer for too long. But my laptop did suffer some non-storm-related damage.
See, I have–or had–a habit of placing my iPod earbuds on the laptop keyboard when I’m not using them. At one point, I forgot that I’d put them there and lowered the lid. Naturally, my action was met with some resistance, and my memory kicked in. “Oh, wait. I put my earbuds there.” But my husband decided to try his hand at closing the lid the whole way…
So now I have a cracked screen. My laptop is still usable, but there’s a black splotch at the lower left corner, accentuated by a cracked glass effect. The bottom of the screen is striped gray from the taskbar, which I had to move up just to access my programs, and since I couldn’t see the taskbar, I had to guess where it was so I could stretch it upwards. That was a fun 10 minutes.
I shudder to think how much it’s going to cost to get a replacement screen. I’d do it myself, but I don’t really know what kind of screen I have, and I’m not confident in my hardware skills. I’d probably fry my motherboard.
Then on Wednesday, my husband came home early from work with a little surprise for me:
This is Rain, a stray kitten he found in the warehouse. (As you can guess, her name came from the nasty storm.) She was found with another kitten, who’s on his way to finding a good home. We’re guessing that Rain is 4-5 weeks old; her eyes are still a little cross-eyed, as are all tiny kittens’ eyes. But she’s learned how to use a litter box, eat solid food, and lap up water. Still, caring for a kitten is a lot of work, especially when there are a lot of objects that aren’t exactly kitten-safe. I’ve been cutting up mat board from my graphic design/college days to build a barrier for the bed (anyone with cats knows that if a cat gets under the bed, he or she will stay under there for hours).
And since Kevin is allergic to cats, I’ve been busy cleaning the room. It’ll be an ongoing chore, of course, but there was a lot that I needed to do in order to make a large part of the room walkable, kitten-proof, and Kevin-and-cat-friendly.
So that’s what I’ve been doing for the past several days. I’ve also been thinking about how to run this site. Updating Mondays and Fridays sounds like a good idea–wait! I’ve been saying that I’ll update, but I never do. Okay, let’s try something else…
I will not update Mondays and Fridays. Mondays will not see posts about the publishing industry, books I’ve read and liked or hated, or random thoughts on authors and books. On Fridays, I will not write about writing or story ideas. I will let this site fall into obscurity yet again. I will fail at running a site! I will not resume regular posting this Friday, with thoughts on the NaNoWriMo and what I plan on doing with my current project!
That oughta do it…
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