There you are on the phone, writing an email, drinking coffee, and ignoring the person who just poked their head into your cubicle hoping for a quick chat. All at the same time. A fairly normal experience for me on most days. However last week something went terribly wrong with the balance of this intricate world. I spilled my coffee... on my MacBook Pro!!!!
The world came to a halt... I was moving in slow motion. I felt like Neo in the Matrix. I had to do everything in the right order or my whole world might just implode on me.
1. Hang up the phone immediately...
2. Unplug the power cord on the laptop...
3. Save my documents...
4. Shut down...
5. Pull the battery out of the laptop...
6. Flip the laptop up side down...
7. Run for paper towels!
8. Continue to ignore the person hanging over my cubicle wall (maybe they'll understand my dire emergency and just go away)...
I had to pull out my old 5 year old Dell D600 laptop for the rest of the day. This was a sacrifice I was willing to take. The Dell got me through grad school and I still have some fondness for it. Thankfully my Mac is alright and I just have a few crusty keys which seem to be loosening up as the days go by.
It's just sad to see the two most wonderful objects in my daily life (Dunkin Donuts coffee and my MacBook Pro) at odds. It's worse than seeing my children fighting and hurting each other. I don't want to punish my coffee or my Mac. I want them to always be there. I will always be there for them.
Such a nightmare... It's going to be hard to sleep for awhile.
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