A Record

Wow!! Nearly three weeks since my last post. Don't think that I have not thought about posting, because I have, it is just that....well there are a few reasons why I have not posted yet. First, and really this is the main reason and still is the reason, my laptop is having issues. Not really the laptop itself, because it is great, when it has power going to is. I brought the laptop out from my bedroom into the family room and plugged it in. All was well, and then I unplugged it. When I went to plug it in, and this has happened before, it would not get power into the power supply plug thing a mig-jigger (I know, not the official name). This has happened before like I said, but this time it flat out does not want to work. So then my next problem is that my laptop has started to not recognize my battery - or its battery I should say. So, Brent took the battery down to his laptop (his laptop is housed in the dungeon - I mean the basement) and tried charging it on his computer. Same thing, it is not recognized. So I guess the battery is shot as well.
So when I want to use the computer I have to use the main computer. The keyboard, well the keys are stiff, so I feel like I do a lot of backspacing to correct words that are missing letters. The computer itself -- it has issues, major issues. It likes to restart, all the time! So for this reason I prefer my laptop.
I have pictures that I have wanted to post of our very fast trip to Denver for UEA (we tagged along with Brent) but hence, because the laptop does not want to work, or the power supplies, I have not done it.
Oh, and when I do get the chance to use my laptop it is usually for about two hours and that is when Brent is home and his battery is charged. I use his battery on my laptop but it usually ends up that I am doing homework.
So I need to call Dell and find out if in the extended warranty or upgraded warranty that we purchased if the power supplies are covered, I do not think they are, but I need to contact before I drop a bucket load of money on these two things.
Which brings me to my next complaint - I cannot figure out how in the world to contact them about my warranty. I was using my laptop last night, thanks to Brent's battery, and I was waiting in line to speak to tech support (some guy in India) and my computer had some updates it needed to reboot for. I told it to postpone on the rebooting part. All of the sudden my laptop decides that it needs to reboot! Hello!?! What was it thinking? I am in the que waiting to talk to some guy that will not understand me nor I understand him on the computer (been there done that many times). Oh well, I had to take Brent to the airport.
So here I am, back to needing to contact Dell about my warranty or placing an order for the power supply unit and the battery.
Wow! I honestly did not think I had a whole lot to write about, and I thought I would end up writing about Madisyn and Garrett. Kids, the things they say. Madi, after saying her prayers last night out of the blue says, and in a very dramatic fashion I might add, "Oh purple pillow, how will thou comfort me tonight?"

What? Where did that come from? That girl and the things she says.

Off to say the prayers with Garrett. Okay let me set this scene up first. Brent, lets just say that he had something to eat that was now making him drop stink bombs. You know, the kind that are the silent and deadly kind. The kind that kills people. The kind that when it hits you in the face you want to run the opposite direction, and when this gets dropped NOBODY wants to take the blame and say excuse me. This was the kind.
Okay, so earlier I said that I took Brent to the airport. He had a red eye flight to Philadelphia. So we, Brent and I, go in and say the prayer with the kids. It is Garrett't turn. The kid is fourteen years old, so we expect him to be reverent - no funny stuff - during his prayers. Brent had just let a bomb drop prior to Garrett saying his prayer and shelter was not taking care of the smell. So after letting the smell die down for a minute Garrett proceeds to say his prayer. All is going well, until...."bless dad that he can quit farting and that he will not kill people with his farts on the plane."
HAHAHAHAHA. We all tried to contain our laughter. Garrett proceeded with his prayer as normal, the kid kept a straight face. Once he concluded the prayer there were giggles - including Brent, but him saying, "Garrett we need to be reverent during the prayer."
I tried to defend Garrett saying that he made a good point and was only looking out for Brent's best interest and those on the plane and not wanting them to suffer and untimely death.
But in hindsight (no pun intended) I think the prayer worked. I made it to and from the the airport alive because I was not killed by the silent-but-deadly stink bomb!!!