It was a beautiful Spring morning in NJ.
The sun was shining, the sky was blue, and secretlife decided to take a walk first thing.
I got back home a little after 9, and grabbed a bottled water from the fridge.
In my office I put the water down on my left, pulled up my Outlook, and immediately my calendar began to flash an appointment for 9am.
I was late! What a way to start the week!
I reached for my headset and the phone, and accidentally knocked over that bottle of water.
It spilled on the left side of my laptop.
I grabbed for the bottle, and prevented a total flood, but the pc got wet....I saw water dribbling inside near the space bar.
I quickly pulled out a kleenex (actually 2 or 3; there's a box on my desk), dried it up, and exhaled in relief.
I'd prevented a major to-do.....or so i thought.
I tried to click the calendar detail to get the telephone number for the bridge I was supposed to be on, but nada.....computer was frozen.
Ok, I thought, I can handle this.
I shut it off.
When i turned it back on, it made a few gurgling noises and went totally dead. I mean nothing....black screen, no lights...like someone pulled the plug AND the battery.
So much for that laptop.
I called IBM, and I have to take a drive tomorrow to meet a technician and do a hotswap. That means I take the hard drive from this unit and put it into another...and then go home and hopefully learn to be more careful.
Welcome to my monday!!!!
