Tech Troubles...Part idk...a million?

So, it's been almost a month since I last posted. Getting ready for a new school year consumes energy and brain, not the least of which is dedicated to making sure what I am hoping to do actually will work, and includes a "plan B" for when things don't quite go as planned.

My SMART board is in need of a technician to pay it a visit. Inexplicably, but not altogether unexpectedly (I think it is possessed by a gremlin), it will not turn on. It was working in June, and no one has used it all summer. So...I am working with my 3 square feet of white board. And of course I saved a few things on that computer that I can't access...nothing huge, but it will require redoing work. Bleah. No wonder I have trust issues with tech.

My personal laptop is going to the puter doctor on Tuesday, as the space bar requires brute force. I think that this should be a relatively easy/inexpensive fix. I hope so. I have to get busy on finishing my Masters' thesis...and pounding the space bar is exhausting. And there is that little thing called I have to do lesson planning, grades, and other assorted things via computer.

Bright spot: I caved and bought a Kindle Fire HD. I downloaded a book and read it. Things I like include the cool function that tells you how long it will take you to finish the book, based on your reading speed. Things that I don't like include batteries that run out of juice just as you get to the "good part" in a murder mystery. I love the fact that all the music I've ever bought from amazon.com is available to be played...in all, good purchase.

So today is a rainy day, which will preclude me going outside to do much. I might just have to read. A book. The paper kind.