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[cleolinda]

Y'all, I think I'm going to cry. We've been having awful thunderstorms the last couple of weeks, and of course I have to sit around and twiddle my thumbs with the major appliances off when that happens, because (as you will recall), I just lost a DVD player to a power surge (and yes, it was plugged into a surge protector. That was the one where 10,000 people in town lost power, if you're local and remember the headlines), and we have previously lost a TV and another DVD player to lightning strikes as well.

So today it's wet but sunny, and I'm working on the book and all, and--the power goes out. For an hour. I lose my work (not much), and my monitor starts fritzing out. It takes me another half hour to coax it back to life. It's like I can't win, no matter what.


P.S. For some reason, the last line of this article really did make me start crying.

Comments

[empresstlani.livejournal.com]

Gah...I'm sorry to hear about the no-fun-stormy-electronics rodeo...My dad is obsessed with our unplugging all the computers, etc, in storms..even though we have surge protectors. Your near-daily funniness is on the list of things that keep me barely sane, so your storm-pain is my storm-pain..

That article was soooo sad...I can only hope that the little girl eventually remembers little of the event as she gets older. It sounds as though she is very smart for her age...hopefully she will recover well with as little therapy as possible.