I have not blogged in forever, and it is not totally my fault. Admittedly, at first, I did not blog because I was doing things like reading real books and spending time with family, but in the last few days it was more because my laptop is broken.
My son, lovely and 10 years old as he is, was allowed to use my laptop. I was on my way somewhere when he asked to use a computer, and my computer was on, and I had a moment of stupidity, and said, Sure, use this one.
It was at least an hour before he called my cell phone to tell me my keyboard wasn’t working right. I was in denial. I told him to turn off my computer and leave it alone. I secretly hoped a reboot would be enough.
Later, I asked if he spilled anything on my laptop, and he denied it. I was busy doing other things, so it was a while before I went to use my laptop. When I picked it up, liquid dripped from it. I opened it up to notice all of this condensation all over the screen. Clearly, something had been spilled on it.
I dried everything off, removed the battery and power cord and used hubby’s laptop to look up possible solutions. When I rebooted my computer (after more than 24 hours), it worked except there were a few problems with the keyboard.
Specifically four keys were not working right. The T will not work at all. The d, h and g are lonely and can no longer stand alone. D is now forever “ds.” H and G are now hgd and ghd for some reason I cannot phathom.
I started looking up alternatives, and I was coming to the realization that I am not ready to part with my computer. I like it.
I did, however, find a new replacement keyboard on eBay that will fit my laptop, and I am hoping it will work. It was just $15.95 with free shipping, which is a lot better than buying a new laptop.
I am using an external keyboard with my laptop, which is a pain. So I haven’t been online very much, and I type even less.
And today, I grounded the middle child from her laptop, and I forced her to type in her password so I could use it. The keyboard is tiny, so I am still not typing well, but it is better than alternatives. I hope the new keyboard arrives soon. 
You must must MUST look up a book called Ella, Minnow Pea. I forget who wrote it and am too lazy to look it up right now. I picked it up before Christmas then gave it to Kangaroo for Christmas. It’s a novel about a society that is gradually forbidden from using more and more letters of the alphabet and how they cope.
I thought of it when I read this post. I know you will love it. It’s quite comical, uses language beautifully, and sends a message about the importance of the writen language, all at once.
Hope you had a happy new year!