Were you wondering about my mysterious disappearance from Teh Internets? What do you mean you hadn’t noticed? Well, humor me.
My AC adapter, AKA, the Giver of Life for my laptop, crapped out. Again. Because I own a Dell, none of the “universal” adapters you can pick up at Best Buy, or wherever, work with my temperamental little baby. I was forced into internet exile while waiting for the new power cord to arrive. I did make several half-hearted attempts to access my blog and things from our dinosaur of a desktop, but had to stop, as I could feel my hair growing (and blood pressure rising) as I waited (and waited. and waited. and waited.) for each and every page to load.
But last night, I got the notice from Dell that my package had shipped. Sweet deliverance. But I knew our doorbell is notoriously hard to hear from a lot of places in our house. What if I missed the delivery person?!?! Determined not to miss my package, I left the following note on the door……
And it worked! As I was putting some laundry in the washing machine, I heard the loudest knock ever. And there was the DHL guy with my package. I could have kissed him. But I didn’t. I signed and snatched my package out of his hands so fast, I’m not sure he knew what happened. And I’m back online, baby. Woo hoo. So what did I miss?
9 responses so far ↓
1 Cat // Sep 18, 2007 at 11:36 pm
I am stealing this idea! I miss so many packages!!
2 jen // Sep 19, 2007 at 2:08 am
Oh, you missed making your eyes sore reading the screen. Not too much else I don’t think, apart from my blog of course.
3 Tom // Sep 19, 2007 at 3:19 am
You could’ve wrote “I’ve been known to put my hands in strange men’s pants, so you could always knock really loudly and take your chances.”
That has a really good chance to work, however given the person that you actually did that to, he might’ve left with your cord.
You probably did the right thing.
Yeah, I’m pretty sure you did the right thing.
4 amygeekgrl (Crunchy Domestic Goddess) // Sep 19, 2007 at 3:50 am
LOL bet he had a good laugh.
welcome back to the internets.
p.s. i want a laptop.
5 petite mom blog // Sep 19, 2007 at 2:22 pm
Welcome back!
6 andi // Sep 19, 2007 at 9:44 pm
What a fabulous idea! What did you miss? Hmm… The firestorm against Bill Maher, other than that, not a whole lot.
7 kellypea // Sep 20, 2007 at 10:00 pm
I love your sign and do completely understand. I was on the phone with Apple the other day (after a previous session with Time Warner, and an even earlier one with Link Sys). Read: No Internet Connection. Nothing has actually been broken, and no, none of them have ever been able to figure it out.
But I finally fixed it. Myself. Sheesh.
And how much did that adapter set you back? The last time I needed one, it cost 80 bucks! Unbelievable
8 aimee/greeblemonkey // Sep 21, 2007 at 3:37 am
I bet you made his day.
9 AngelNicki // Sep 23, 2007 at 5:18 pm
Wow! That note is a lot more interesting than the usual “Doorbell broken” sign!
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