Electronic Mahem

I give up. This seems to be the week that all my gadgets and necessary technologies are down. My car has a bashed in trunk, compliments of a pick up truck with a very big trailer hitch backing into me, my phone suddenly decided not to connect to the internet, my laptop refuses to turn on! I guess I am lucky the toaster is still working - sort of.



I am glad these things didn't go down while I was still not up to dealing with them, but its such a nuisance to have to track down every avenue of repair. I ended up sending the laptop back to the factory and the car will be in the shop for an entire week. As for the phone, well, we won't go there.



You don't realize how dependent you have become on all these props and equipment until they are not working. Suddenly you realize that you have become quite dysfunctional and you end up spending a lot more time taking care of the little daily tasks and chores.



Of course, we haven't watched TV since the switch to digital (I checked my TV for adaptability, and got the message "your - ahem- antique does not compute. Time to upgrade your set." Rather than upgrade, I simply find other things to do. We do watch dvd's and videos via the "antique" but I find it refreshing not to get caught up in all that advertising. I do miss a few shows that I liked, but I'll catch up with them when they come out on dvd.



I am guessing the planets will realign and all my tools will return in good working order. Either that or I will learn to cope. Ah, well. At least my running water doesn't require me to do the running.