Many of you know that I spend my summer weekends out at our lake cottage. It's only 12 miles from our house, but it's world's away.
I am an idiot, though, and forgot to unplug our laptop when we left last weekend. So, this weekend, after one night of one big thunderclap, we got there on Friday to find our laptop fried. That sucked.
Then, Friday night, I noticed my hot water wasn't hot. I had a bad thermocouple- so a friend was simply going to replace it. Well, one of the "in" lines was tight, so the gas valve cracked as he was trying to remove it. Uh-oh. So, a fried laptop, and a dead hot water heater. $1000 or so to fix both. (I'm fixing the hot water heater- he's getting the parts, but I'm putting it back together).
That really bummed me out. But, on Saturday, even without a shower, I managed to relax and spend some time on the lake. I guess things in my life are great- and things can always be fixed or replaced. My family is doing great, and so I am. That's the important thing.
Still, I can't believe how dumb I was to not unplug the laptop from the phone jack! Duh!
I am an idiot, though, and forgot to unplug our laptop when we left last weekend. So, this weekend, after one night of one big thunderclap, we got there on Friday to find our laptop fried. That sucked.
Then, Friday night, I noticed my hot water wasn't hot. I had a bad thermocouple- so a friend was simply going to replace it. Well, one of the "in" lines was tight, so the gas valve cracked as he was trying to remove it. Uh-oh. So, a fried laptop, and a dead hot water heater. $1000 or so to fix both. (I'm fixing the hot water heater- he's getting the parts, but I'm putting it back together).
That really bummed me out. But, on Saturday, even without a shower, I managed to relax and spend some time on the lake. I guess things in my life are great- and things can always be fixed or replaced. My family is doing great, and so I am. That's the important thing.
Still, I can't believe how dumb I was to not unplug the laptop from the phone jack! Duh!