Getting Expensive

It’s obviously about to be one of those times where life gets expensive again as things go wrong.

First, there’s the car. Still no word on what needs doing, how much it’ll cost, or when I’ll get it back.

Second, the laptop is definitely getting to be on it’s last legs. The bottom row of keys is getting very tempramental – who knew N was such a used key on my keyboard? – so I may have to go looking at a replacement at some point soon. Joy of joys.

In fairness, I’ve had the laptop for nearly three years, and in that time it’s had a hard life. It’s travelled in my backpack on a regular basis, gets used all the time at home, and is generally a bit of a workhorse. I cracked the case about 18 months ago, which makes CD/DVD use a bit of a challenge (and ejection of said disc even more so) but that wasn’t enough to need a change.

However, a broken/breaking keyboard is rather more relevant – I can’t use it properly if the keyboard’s on the way out. Typing is the main thing I do on the damn thing, in fact.

So I’ll give it a cleanout over the weekend, see if a hoover and/or air-blast will help, but I know it’s on the way out. I’m just prolonging the inevitable, really…