Laptop woes

So I got the new laptop, and…the monitor was bad. My elation turned to a sinking feeling as we tried everything to get the thing to light up, and it simply wouldn’t. I tried not to cry, and Marti took it to the back of the den to hook it up to a monitor and see if he could fix it. It was not fixable. So, today, I stopped by Circuit City and traded for another one, which, incidentally, works perfectly. I suppose it turned out all right — Ben was sick today so I had time to cozy up to the laptop before Marti could get his mits on it. And now I am writing from my brand-new laptop. Hurrah! Life is good.