it seems as most of my adult life, i’ve had a laptop, usually work-provided. the same was true with my current job, except i was extremely spoiled. i had an iMac desktop AND an HP laptop. but, as part of the focus of my position changed, the laptop was put to use in a more effective way (meaning its owner as of a few months ago was no longer yours truly.)
first, i went through a freaking out period. i had no other computer at home except the laptop. my phone (which is back in working order, yay!) has microsoft word and email on it, but could i really write a book using those little letters on the keyboard?
fortunately, a friend saw my need and let me borrow a mac mini (and another friend lent all the peripherals) so at least i had something at home until i got my big fat (realistic and very modest) book advance (which one must have a publisher in order to get) and with that advance (from currently up in the air publisher), a new laptop would be purchased.
as fortunate as i am to have such generous friends, my mind is not being so generous with sharing its creativity with me. i realize how spoiled rotten i have become with mobility and technology…the fact i am confined to my little ikea chair (which after sitting on for any extended amount of time will lower slowly…slowly…until one is awkwardly low to the ground)…and the gentle whirring and humming of my borrowed CRT monitor has somehow convinced me that i need the mobility in order to be productive. that i cannot be in one spot all the time and be productive.
which is a lie.
but is still very hard for my personality to sit in one place…especially when the cats jump up on the keyboard and what was an intelligible sentence turns into someiopdufthing lik3897e thcjjlskis.
all of this nonsensical rambling (which should have been put towards book-use) to ask for your prayers…i have a deadline in less than two weeks…i am struggling on a part of the proposal…my brain is fried…
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12 responses to “spoiled rotten & rambling”
oh girl, i am prayng for you but i have no doubt that all these feelings are for a very valid purpose. one to help you… not harm you.
blessings.
Prayers for sure…right now…
Dogs don’t jump on keyboards.
Just have to say, the chair lowering slowly to the ground thing made me laugh out loud. And I don’t laugh out loud much…
But yeah, totally understand the “tough to focus” thing…
Go ahead, pamper yourself royally. You, with all the tons of knowledge you have gathered to publish your new book, makes you something between a human and an angel!
P.S. This “run away” sounds like a good thing! My prayers.
here’s the answer:
http://www.shopfreepay.com
complete 12 special trial offers and receive a macbook for “free”. i’m currently working on getting one for my wife. i have two friends who have successfully completed the process and are enjoying their laptops as we type….
Hey, that’s how Doug got a free iPod from freeipods.com. Except there were fewer offers needed. And I have no problem with the steal and run plan. You’re married and as the preacher probably said, “the two become one” which means that it IS your laptop too.
Prayed!
I wonder how we would survive without the tools to do the work. We live in interesting and exciting times…
thanks for the prayers!! sadly chris’ laptop is the church’s laptop so they could hunt me down….and he would be SOL :) for work this week.
Anne, let me know if you still don’t have something to work with.
Anne,
I don’t know how spoiled you are. My laptop went down a few months ago and now I am confined to a crappy chair as well. I totally feel ya on the difficulty in transitioning away from mobility.
ps
I’m really diggin the new, improved, color-scheme-balanced profile pic.