Around the 5 month mark, Elizabeth was playing while I was typing, likely blogging on the floor of our dining room. I pulled her onto my lap and she hurled onto the keyboard of the laptop. I quickly threw her off my lap (ok, well not threw, but you can imagine) turned it upside down and blotted like there was no tomorrow. It seemed to salvage all of the keys, but I didn't dare turn it on or use it for fear of squishing regurgitated breastmilk further into some electrical board.
Later that night, or the next day, I forget, we discovered that the "o" doesn't work. We tried everything to no avail. Dave developed his own shortcut by copying and pasting each time you need to type an "o"...I took it to Best Buy's Geek Squad and they offered the sweet estimate of $135 to send it out and then they would call to give me the price to fix it..."if they can". Nice, huh? So, since I make a habit of throwing $100 bills down the drain, we figured we'd save the dough and just keep doing the copy and paste for each "o".
Thankfully, we have an iMac for photography work, but when I'm on it in the office, I feel like I'm slacking on post processing stuff, so I don't play on that computer, just this beat-up-freakizoid laptop that can't spell "Mom".
Excuses excuses. My New Years Resolution is to be better at marking the milestones and the daily life of my expanding family.
Lesson here: don't let your kid near your computer. Duh, Mom.
Why don't you just substitute a zero instead of an 'o'? It will your quirky little thing. We love your blog! More blog!
ReplyDeleteI can't help but feel that there are many "o"'s in this entry. Similar to how you never realize how often you use your pinky finger until you get is stuck in the door and are reminded with a sharp pain each time you type the letter "p" or try to tie your shoes. While I applaud Dave's long shortcut attempt to type an "o", I think Heather's use of the zero is better!
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