This morning I was stressing over my sweet computer, it seemed to be sick and to be very honest I love my little MacBook! She goes with me to school, on vacation, to Shriner's when Max has an appointment. We are rarely parted. Veldon isn't a Mac he's a PC, I don't know why but that's the way we roll in this family. In nearly all things we are black and white, not as in there is no gray, but rather I am white and he is black or the other way around. If I'm going left he goes right...we always think differently. So I love my MacBook and he is not a fan. Last night as she would not connect to the internet nor get my email I just felt ill, partially because computers and their fixes are not cheap, and partially because I was without my computer. I didn't' really want to tell Veldon because when something is wrong with my baby he makes fun of her or says he can't help because he knows nothing about Macs and they are too hard to figure out. So I did what any reasonable, early 40's woman would do I went to my room, read a book and pouted...and waited for him to discover the ill computer on his own.
He did discover it and came and asked when I last used my computer as "it isn't connecting to the internet". I snapped "I know, that stupid hotel did something to it and now it won't work". In a nutshell his response was that is wasn't the hotel something else is going on, likely with the computer. But understanding my distress he called our internet provider and spoke with them for a long time to see if they could get the computer to work. They could not. This morning he made an appointment with the Apple Store and we took it in this afternoon. In his defense, he never once criticized my sweet computer and was very kind in helping me get her a doctor's appointment.
We explained the problem and the guy worked and worked. He clicked away and went to places I have never seen on my computer. After about 10 minutes he asked if we had any protection software, we did, our internet provider also provides Nort*n for free so he went in and turned it off. Voila!! My baby was up and running again. The genius guy's best guess was that something at the hotel had triggered the firewall and basically it shut down all internet activity. So it was the hotel and NOT my sweet MacBook...I knew it!! My computer does what she is supposed to do. In the five years we've owned her she has only had to have one serious repair and that was my fault...she doesn't like coffee spilled on her!
So my computer is back and running and the best part is the Apple guy didn't charge us anything! Yay for that! I love all things Apple!
As I type about how much I love my computer I also must say that even though we are rarely parted physically, I'm not one to spend copious amounts of time on my computer. The computer sits on a table in the kitchen and we all drift on and off it through out the day.
One thing I realized through the last 24 hours is how easy it is to be controlled by circumstances, for me at least! I am sure there are a lot of godly people out there that are able to rise above, and I suppose at times I can, but this just really got me down. Probably it was more of a combination of things. My son is 18 and graduates in a few weeks, my computer is/was broken and we do not have the funds to buy a new one and I really need it for work and for the kid's school. Our cars are old and have on and off issues, blah, blah, blah. It's always the same thing. We all have issues and life is a struggle. There is no easy button and this week I wanted one very badly. God gave us a blessing by allowing the fix for the computer to cost no more than the gas to get to the mall and I am constantly reassured that Hayden is in God's hands and He loves my son more than I could. So just as I had to trust God for 2 1/2 years of waiting for Max and know that God cared for my little boy, I have to trust God and know that He also cares for my big boy. Very, very hard! The other things, cars, school, etc they all tend to work out. God guides us through and cares for us. I just need to be better about remembering that simple truth!
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