Hey folks, just checking in to let you know we are alive at Carmen and Ginger and ready to start posting again! See, we had a little coffee incident early this week. I wish I could say it was an exciting incident, like coffee shooting out of my nose onto my keyboard as I choked reading a Regretsy listing, alas, it was much more mundane. What is funny about spilling coffee on your keyboard is the denial. When I first asked my husband for help, for instance, I simply said that my "a" key had stopped working. I did not mention the spilled coffee (not far from the "a"). I was still hoping the issue was just some strange coincidence. Then later, when the Dell woman from India asked me outright if I'd spilled anything on the computer I answered "Maybe." Maybe? "Maybe?" she repeated back to me. I could picture the spill and my attempts to clean it up quickly and still my brain was thinking "This cannot be my fault."
I am proud to say that since my husband has been sick all week, I finally took a deep breath and installed the new laptop keyboard this morning. I did not even curse once! And look, my "a" key is working! And yes, my cup of coffee is still beside me, but, hell, I'd get nothing done without it...
I am going to post this as anonymous - lol. I did the same thing (but tea) still in denial wondering why the spacebar sticks. I took it out and cleaned it but it's still wrecked. Did you really have to get a new keyboard!! I am still hoping it's fixable - lol.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on doing the repair. (Not that I'm surprised) I'd wondered where you'd gone!
ReplyDeleteDear Anonymous, (I assume you are someone I know?) My keyboard was fine, got worse, then, improved intermittently. I think it all depends on what gets in there, how much, if there is cream and sugar and where it lands. What I CAN tell you, is that having a new keyboard shipped overnight from Dell cost LESS than $50 - that was the best news (in response to bad) all week!
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