© Loree Griffin Burns & Gerry Burns
This was going to be a very good week. There was to be a relaxed review of my bee manuscript. And a relaxed preparation for my three-day visit with students and faculty at the Brookwood School in Manchester, Massachusetts. And some relaxed time for blogging about books I adore.
Alas, my computer.
My poor, overworked, much-appreciated, not-nearly-old-enough-to-die computer had some issues. The prognosis is not good. I spent days slapping bandages over gaping wounds, hanging out with the Geek Squad at Best Buy, cyber-chatting with Hewlett-Packard representatives, taking deep and calming breaths. (“It is only a computer. It is only a computer.”) I’ve been polling friends, consulting their spouses, borrowing electronic equipment from whoever had some to spare.
It has not been relaxing.
But I am a lucky girl. My village stepped up, held my hand, saw me through. Again. Whatever would I do without these people? A thousand thank yous to my village–you know who you are–and a thousand wishes to all of you: may your computers stay healthy and your villages stay strong!