My laptop has been dying a slow death, and it’s dragging me down with it kicking and screaming.  Despite having had the operating system reinstalled, as well as the hard drive, the motherboard, and the memory replaced (all under the 3-year extended warranty that expires in July, no less), it still dies minutes after I boot it up.

I’m gearing up to call Dell Technical Support again, but couldn’t quite face it this evening.  I’m on a first name basis with several of those folks (who work somewhere in Idaho). They have been nothing but polite, but have thus far been unsuccessful at diagnosing the issue.

All the time on the phone with technical support has pushed me two hours over the edge of my cell phone minutes (which I haven’t done in four years on the same calling plan).  Plus the fact that I can’t Skype with my computer down, and so I’ve needed to use my cell for the daily phone calls with mein Schatz. Yikes, I’m not looking forward to that bill.

Needless to say, all this has made blogging a little difficult, which would explain my prolonged absence. This weekend I borrowed a laptop from work, so I’m up and running for a few days anyway and I’ll see what I can do.

Hope all is well in your world!