Shit happens when you least expect it

This will be a story about my laptop and how cruel life is.

So when I first purchased my Apple Macbook Pro 3 years ago.. I was THRILLED. I cherished it so much.. almost to the point of naming him, it's a him btw. I rarely ever took him out of my room for fear that I might drop him, misplace him, hurt him in any way possible. Then the unthinkable happened one day last summer when I was away at my internship with Boeing.. there was a huge earthquake, anyone remember that one? I came home to find glass shattered around my laptop. My jar of handmade lucky stars had fallen off my shelf on top of my laptop, leaving a slight yet noticeable dent on it near the apple icon.... the first and only injury that my laptop has ever sustained. 

I only recently this year started letting my bf play with my laptop.. and ughh.. what a mistake. He always touched it right after he ate or WHILE he was eating.. so there were these weird sticky stains on it and small splash stains on the screen which I always had to constantly wipe off.. THIS THING IS MY BABY MAN!! TREAT IT WITH RESPECT!! 

Anyway, I've only brought it to school TWICE.. and haven't ever since the last time just because I REALLY don't want to accidently bump it against a table or anything.. I'd never want my baby to be damaged!! 

However, recently, I've been having problems with my HP Laserjet printer.. I had to send it in because it was being all retarded and they sent me a new one to replace it... but the driver was installing all weird on my comp giving me weird error messages and it didn't even acknowledge the printer when it came to installing the device. So.. after emailing HP support back and forth and following their troubleshooting steps, they told me to make an appointment with Apple to check out my laptop because they believe the installer on my laptop might be damaged somehow. Soo.. on Sunday I went with my mom to Brea mall since she wanted to go shopping. We split up and I went to the Apple store.. now remember, I rarely bring my laptop out so I was being VERY careful with it. I had the guy check it out, he tapped away on it, re-installs the driver from HP's website.. claims there was no problem at all and I'm like.. WTH? Yes there was.. but he says there isn't and he managed to get the driver installed so I'm like, OK who cares, since it didn't cost me a dime. I put my laptop back in it's bag, got up to get my mom's other bag when my jacket falls onto the floor. 

I didn't want to pick it up while carrying two bags, so I set my laptop bag flat on the high stool (think tall bar stool) so I could bend down with a free hand and get my jacket.  I got my jacket and right when I was turning around I heard (and everyone else in the store) this HUGE.. THUNDEROUS CRASHING HEAVY METAL ON STONE TILE sound.. why? Because my laptop had SOMEHOW.. in some mysterious way that I still can't imagine.. slipped out of my laptop bag WHICH WAS LAYING FLAT ON THE STOOL WTF.. and had come crashing down onto the STONE FLOORING of the Apple store. 

O..M..F..G..... I WANTED TO CRY SO BAD!!!!!!! You guys have NO IDEA how much this laptop means to me.. I was literally starting to tear up when I bent to pick it up. Physically I didn't really see any damage at all.. just small greyish scuff marks where it landed and a little dent near two edges.. but nothing severe.. so I thought maybe it might be ok!! An apple worker nearby just looked with wide eyes and said "Wow.. hope THAT still works" all sarcastic like.. go suck a dick asshole.. it's obvious I didn't MEAN to drop it and would it hurt you to say "Are you ok?" when it's obvious I'm about to cry my eyes out. 

Tell me why a store that carries so many fragile and expensive electronics doesn't have carpet flooring? TELL ME! 

So I was pretty damn embarrassed already.. so I got all my stuff and just got out of there to meet back with my mom at Banana Republic.. the whole time mentally kicking myself in the ass for not setting the thing on the table.. but it still doesn't make sense.. my bag had not moved, not even an inch and it was lying FLAT on the stool top.. not angled, not at some weird level nothing! I don't know.. 

So I went to Banana Republic and waited for my mom while she was changing in the dressing room.. and I told her what happened.. obviously my voice was crackly because I was still upset. Then she asked the one thing I never considered..

"Does it still work? Is it really ok?" 

Fuck. I was so shocked and embarrassed that I hadn't stopped to turn it back on to see if it still WORKED. So I pulled it out, sat on the floor, and turned it on. The screen went white, started getting discolored, and the top left corner had the digital green/black/broken look.. you know when you crack the screen of your cell phone and it gets all funky? It looked like that. I was hoping after the initial loading page it would be ok.. nope. It was stuck. Frozen like that. I really started to tear up then and there. My mom said to hurry and go back to the store to see if they could fix it. We finished getting her purchases and ran back down.. and guess what. 

Yes they could fix it, no not that day. They had too many people in there so I'd have to make another appointment for them to even check if my hard drive had been damaged at all. They did a quick once-over and talked with each other for a little bit and told me that FOR SURE my screen was OBVIOUSLY fucked up and I'd have to get it replaced. How much I asked? OH.. it would take a FEW DAYS.. plus $1300. WHAT THE FUCKING SHIT??? THAT LAPTOP COST ME $2000.... GOD DAMN. That's just ASSUMING my hard drive isn't damaged.. if it is.. that's another few hundred... which in essence.. is another laptop. I almost started crying again.. I needed my laptop.. it's a MUST HAVE almost every other day for school for me.. 

So what now? 

I'm making an appointment to see them again next week to get a full check up to estimate how much it would take to fix it.. if the hard drive isn't damaged, we'll get a new screen, give it to my sister to replace her plain Macbook, and then my mom would take her Macbook since she's always traveling and sometimes it hurts her back to sit in the computer chair for so long. It's a very basic laptop so it'll be easy for her to use. So what about me you ask?

My mother told me to just pick out a new laptop. She says she knows how much I cared for my older one and she knows how much I use it on a daily basis. She said that it sucks that we went in to fix a small problem and came out with a bigger one and she said that's just how life is. Shit happens so stop beating myself up over it because no matter what I can't go back in time to fix what's already been done. I told her that it could be this year's Christmas present.. and my next birthday present... I felt REALLY REALLY REALLY bad for it.. but she said don't be stupid, this is for you, just pick one. I got the equivalent version of my old macbook pro.. the new 15 inch macbook pro.. with gloss black LED backlit screen. Sleeker.. faster.. lighter.. more compact.. equipped with a few additions that weren't on my old macbook pro... OMG I LOVE MY MOM!!!! I kept asking her if she was mad at me for being careless.. she said of course not... and said that she knew I'd never be careless with my electronics. :) ... mommy...... 

I made an account on it for my bf too.. he copied my picture that I took at the mac store.

Just to show you guys how clear the LED screen is......

I don't have to worry about people POINTING and TOUCHING my screen now.. it's not the old comp screen material that can get damaged if people keep touching it.. it's so sleek and clear!!!! 

I still have hopes for my old laptop.. I hope it's not completely useless.. and I hope it still lives.. we shall see soon enough. I love this new one.. but it hasn't completely replaced my old one.. that one has memories.. lots of memories. 

No matter how many times I show my mom that I appreciate her.. every day it just seems more and more impossible to match up to her gestures of love and affection.. I mean I know it's  parent's job to love their children and help them when they need it.. but things like THIS are the unnecessary parts.. the ones they don't HAVE to do.. the ones I feel bad for accepting.. 

I have an amazing mother.. I wish I could share half the things she does and goes through with you girls.. I think I will one day.. but uhh.. I'll try to chop out the illegal portions.. mother likes to dance between the fine lines of being a genius money maker and over-milking things for what they're worth. LOL.

That's it for today.. lots to do this week! TTYL! 

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Katie