So it looks like the hard drive on my new laptop is dead. It's got to go into a service center. I knew this was a possibility (a greater one, I mean) with a refurbished laptop, which is why I paid extra for the extended coverage. But I didn't even need to for this - I've had it a bloody week.
My sainted husband who so sweetly has been watching me for signs of emotional collapse (a real possibility, at this point) has made me food, and is now downstairs trying to hook one of the PCs up to the high speed connection, an experiment we had not felt up to trying before now.
Now we're just desperate. I'm back on dialup, and yes, it so SUCKS after the high speed.
I don't even know if I'll be able to do my (discussion group) schoolwork from here. If I can't, I'll have to do it at Jeff's parent's house tomorrow. Not what I want to do.
I wanted to come home and do homework. Instead I ended up on tech support for over an hour before they confirmed what I already knew.
Anyway, it looks like they call us and tell us where to take it on Monday. Their database was down when we called. It seems unlikely we'll be able to get it to a service center on Monday, because Jeff works til 5, not home til 6, and they'll probably be closed after that.
So, assuming it gets in on Tuesday, unless some miricle occurs, I won't have it for TBR. I'll have clunky old laptop, which I'll hope Deb can hook up to her router (I've got a network card with a toggle thing now), or failing that, that she'll yet again generously let me use her laptop when she's not.
See, I have to do homework and post to discussion every day while I'm at TBR. Sigh.
sighsighsighsighsigh.