Meltdown

It's Tuesday of a three-day week, the week before I have to fly to Austin/Oklahoma City for two workshops, and two very bad things happen. First, the office copier starts making a jet-engine type noise. Not good when I need 120 copies of a 50 page presentation (and 120 copies of about 6 other handouts). Huge pain in the ass, but nothing the Copy & Print Center at Staples can't help me with. The second (and FAR nastier) problem is my computer crashed this morning. The computer that I normally connect to my projector. So people can actually see my PowerPoint presentation. Called the "help" desk and got all the usual suggestions. "Take the battery out and try again". "Take the battery out, unplug it and try again". Didn't work. Shocking. They finally told me they'd send me a new machine and I'd have it by Monday. Fine if I was going to be in Sacramento on Monday. Unfortunately, I'll be in Texas. Now it's supposed to be shipped to my house on Friday. Got my fingers crossed.