Bad Karma

You know things aren't going your way when your computer screen looks like this:

That's my treasured LifeBook screen - now cracked. This is only one of many computers in our house, but it's always been a special one. When Matthew was a baby, I wanted something "really" small so I could work when he was sleeping and so I could easily carry it around the house. The LifeBook is just about the size of a hardback book. Really great.

Really broken.

Really my fault.

I shed my tears yesterday.

I turned it on again today just hoping maybe it wasn't as bad as it'd seemed yesterday.

It was.

The only other time something like this happened was when I spilled a cup of coffee on my red Palm.

That time it was my fault, too.

That's actually a good thing.

It helps me cope.

Adding to the bad luck of this...

I've been checking the mail every day for my WEBS order. I ordered the pattern for the Must Have Too Cardigan from them on 2/20. Today's 3/1. I got email this morning saying my order had just shipped.

Okay. That didn't make me happy. For $6+ dollars shipping, I expect my orders to go out sooner than ten days later unless they've emailed me letting me know there's a problem.

But it got worse...

Then I got voice mail saying that the pattern booklet was backordered. They have no expected date for getting it in. "At least a few weeks" was all they offer.

I don't know. I was all set to get started on this cardigan and join the knitalong.

But, maybe it wasn't meant to be.

It looks like by the time I get the pattern, the knitalong will be sort of "done".

Definitely not happy!

And now I'm trying to figure out "what" I want to be working on (big and small).

(And now I can't find my iPod charger/cord. And I dropped my new cell phone when coming up the stairs. And...)