Buck up, Bucco
I could smell it. For about the last two months, an acrid aroma wafted up from my gently used seven year old Acer lap top. We have been through so much together. Four years of trudging off to school to finish my degree; Untold pages of research papers, hours of video games and recently, the writing of a couple of books. I sure will miss my well – worn Acer.
Oh, sure, the new beauty is shiny, with a bigger screen. She’s faster, has a bigger hard drive, a web cam…and is blazing fast. There is even a battery! Imagine being able to use my computer without having to have it plugged in.
My perfectly good copy of Word cannot be loaded on my new system. So, of course, I had to contribute to Bill Gate's retirement; Word 2010 installed and running. Is it just me, or should it be the 2012 edition? One would think that you could get a couple of bucks knocked off of the price of two year old software.
Naturally I backed up my work...Well, most of it, and not because I didn't trust my black beauty. I backed up so I could take files between computers. My unpublished book was backed up to a point. I am very thankful that my final draft was printed out and sitting safely on my desk while I extinguished the flames of my computer.
Don't get me wrong, my work is still cut out for me. I will now go through the draft and make all of the changes necessary. I've taken a beating the last couple days, but I am sure that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
In consideration of all of the other areas of my life where I am so fortunate, I will take a deep breath, dust my hands off and try to show a little more gratitude for the things that come my way. I whined to a friend of mine, only to find that they had suffered a similar fate about six months ago. Their advice: Buck Up Bucco! Tomorrow is another day, be thankful for tomorrow.
Oh, sure, the new beauty is shiny, with a bigger screen. She’s faster, has a bigger hard drive, a web cam…and is blazing fast. There is even a battery! Imagine being able to use my computer without having to have it plugged in.
My perfectly good copy of Word cannot be loaded on my new system. So, of course, I had to contribute to Bill Gate's retirement; Word 2010 installed and running. Is it just me, or should it be the 2012 edition? One would think that you could get a couple of bucks knocked off of the price of two year old software.
Naturally I backed up my work...Well, most of it, and not because I didn't trust my black beauty. I backed up so I could take files between computers. My unpublished book was backed up to a point. I am very thankful that my final draft was printed out and sitting safely on my desk while I extinguished the flames of my computer.
Don't get me wrong, my work is still cut out for me. I will now go through the draft and make all of the changes necessary. I've taken a beating the last couple days, but I am sure that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
In consideration of all of the other areas of my life where I am so fortunate, I will take a deep breath, dust my hands off and try to show a little more gratitude for the things that come my way. I whined to a friend of mine, only to find that they had suffered a similar fate about six months ago. Their advice: Buck Up Bucco! Tomorrow is another day, be thankful for tomorrow.
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