Ouch!

I forgot to mention that I dropped my beloved laptop. I was in a public restroom and didn't want to put my bag on the floor and there wasn't a hook to hang it on so I propped it on the back side of a trash can and as I was in the middle of 'doing my thing' it started to fall. I couldn't even make a reach for it, I just had to watch it fall. I felt sick to my stomach but when I picked it up it was still working and other than a cosmetic dent on the left hand corner it seamed to be fine. It wasn't until I tried to eject the disk that was currently in it that I realized something was wrong. I took it to someone who took it apart and got the disk out but it turns out that the disk drive is ruined. I have a new drive on order but it will not be fixed before we go to Mexico so I will not be taking my computer with me. That shouldn't be too much of a problem because we do have a portable DVD player for the kids but truthfully I was planning on taking my computer as a second movie player just so I could have it with me to write about our trip while we were there. After I realized just how disappointed I was to not have a 'real' reason to take my laptop with us I realized that I am truly addicted to my laptop and blogging. I am looking VERY forward to going on vacation but I am also looking forward to blogging about it and I will miss the blogs I read regularly - I think it is a sickness.