Ellemental

So.

A while ago – January or so, my desktop stopped working. It would power up, but I couldn’t get it to actually BOOT up. It just sat here and beeped at me. Thankfully I had my laptop to do a little research on, and thought that most likely I needed to upgrade my desktop RAM. I had put the desktop to the test recently with lots of website design stuff, pictures, online gaming, etc. I really had no doubt that’s what it was.

Because I had my laptop I wasn’t in TOO much of a hurry to buy more memory and upgrade. I was a little sad that all of my pictures and ITunes were on the desktop, but I had no fear that they were safe…just unreachable. I tried several times to get the desktop to boot up, but it just wouldn’t get past the beeping stage. I finally unplugged it and moved it to the corner of my bedroom – just waiting for the cash and patience to get that RAM.
Then a few weeks ago, my laptop ALSO went on the fritz. Fan Error. Also wouldn’t boot up. Because of a crazy work / family / commitment schedule, it took me a few days to get it to the shop. In the interim I tried every morning and every evening to get it to start. No go.

So I’ve been computerless for several weeks.

The day after I took my laptop in and explained the problem the guy called me back. He said that it started right up for him and he hadn’t been able to recreate the problem. He poked around a little and can’t find ANYTHING wrong with it, so I told him I’d be in on Monday to pick it up. Weird. I mean – computers are computers. Generally when something is wrong, they don’t just fix themselves. And I KNOW I didn’t imagine it. Just for kicks, I decided to try my desktop again. And I’ll be damned…it started right up – as if there was never a problem.

Weird, I tell you. Weird.