Professing my undying love....

So, I put my small chicken coop on Craigslist, since my chickens don't use that one anymore. After a few weeks, I had a very excited guy respond. His kids had just bought some chickens, so he needed something fast. He came out with his kids to see the coop on Monday, and while I was away from my bed for all of 5 minutes, the dogs tipped a glass with a little bit of herbal tea in it over onto my laptop. My computer won't turn on now, and the guy who promised he'd come back with money & a buddy to lift the chicken coop into his truck never showed up.

I tried letting it dry out on its own, but I finally made an appointment at the Genius Bar yesterday. I tried really hard not to freak out about losing data, figuring out how to now scrape up money to buy a new computer, etc until I got some actual information from someone who knew about computers. I handed my laptop over to Josh, the genius behind the bar, and took a deep breath. Josh examined the laptop, and then kindly explained that even though my laptop was closed when the little bit of tea spilled, somehow tea still got all up in the logic board. I don't even know what a logic board is. Maybe logicboard is one word in computer-speak? Whatever it is, it is expensive. Josh explained that this is normally a $750 repair. Apple Care doesn't cover this repair or accidents involving tea and dogs. I almost puked. Then he said, "But I'm in a good mood today, so we're going to do this for free. As a favor. How does that sound?" I almost reached across the Genius Bar to kiss him! They sent it off to get a brand new logic board & I'll have it back in 5 days. I told my friend, Samantha, about this last night at the farm potluck. She said, "Jen, how is it possible that you have the worst luck and the best luck of anyone I know at the same time?" Haha. I never thought of it like that, but I think she's right. Now, if I could only figure out how to cut the sucker-punches out of the equation, and still keep the best luck, I'll be all set!

So, I'm officially professing my undying love for Apple! Love love love love love them. Love my computer and my phone and all of the pretty little gadgets they make that I can't afford...yet. Love love love.