the ashram

My computer was working for about 40 minutes yesterday.
A "genius" was kind enough to do a re-start procedure whilst K and Middle attended a special one on one session with another Apple pro to learn more about Motion.
Turns out that Middle could have taught the one on one session on Motion (the pro's words, not mine) but they brought back a functioning computer, so all was not lost.
For 40 minutes.

At some point, downloading some photos of my picturesque garden, the laptop refused to open Firefox and it was all down hill from there.
Fortunately, K had made an appointment back at the "genius" desk for me for today and off we went.
Today's genius, a small quiet man, worked for a while to re-start the poor thing and then resorted to wiping my hard drive.
It's always scary when people talk about wiping hard drives, but K had backed up my information yesterday, during that all-important 40 minutes.
It would seem, the genius told me, that the logic board is shot. And my hard drive may have a fault, and I'm missing one of my little rubber feet, and my left speaker is blown.
All is not lost as my Applecare is in effect until January -- and so it was wrapped in bandages and taken away.
When I told him I felt like they were sending it to the hospital he said, softly: no, it's going to the ashram.
And who couldn't use a week in the ashram, I ask you.
The Bird family certainly could benefit from a stay.
We've all been flu-ish and hacking for weeks. Taking turns with sprays and drops and remedies.
And, although I never really take stock of these things, it's been one hell of a year here in Tuvalu, so the idea of checking in to a place of peace is somewhat appealing.

Dinner with friends, tomorrow, promises to be relaxing as we aren't doing the cooking.

I'm still trying to find a moment to show you the garden....