No luck

I swear if it wasn't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all.

I just got this new computer on Saturday and am already having to send it back. I have problems a piece of hardware on the computer which makes it so the mouse pointer jumps all over the place and I have to use an external mouse which is a pain in the butt. The reason it's a pain is I use the laptop on a computer stand that I have in front of the couch and in order to use the mouse I have to have it on the right side of the computer which is on a slant. So the mouse keeps sliding off the table. I have no room on the flat part of the table on the left as that is where I have whatever I'm drinking and assorted other things that I feel I need to have near me. I have a candle and my nail clippers on it with a pair of needlepoint scissors and pens or pencils. On the part of the table that tips I also have pens, lighters, a nail file and when I'm crocheting the needle that I'm working with. There isn't a lot of room for the computer or the mouse pad but I make it work. I know that I need to get rid of some of the stuff I have on the table but when I put it somewhere else I find I need it and it ends up back on the computer table. I'm kind of a hoarder and have to have a lot of stuff I need near me. Like right now I have the other cushion on the couch covered with the afghan that I'm working on. If anyone comes I'm going to have to move everything so they can sit down next to me.

So that brings me back to luck. I think my bad luck is rubbing off on my oldest son as well. This past week his father collapsed at work. He has a history of heart problems and had some sort of seizure at work. It was heart related and they kept him in the hospital in CT for about 5 days then sent him to a local hospital near where we live. He was supposed to have an angioplasty but they found there wasn't anything that they could do as far as that went. He had had a triple bypass some years ago and they found that 2 of the 3 bypasses they did failed. He has heart damage from having heart attacks and is now a candidate for a pacemaker/defibrillator implant. He has to go back to see the heart doctor in 3 weeks to find out when they want to do that. So in the mean time he isn't allowed to drive alone or bathe alone. He really shouldn't be home alone but my son wants to spend time here this summer so when my son is here his father will be alone. My son has been told his visitation is staying on the school schedule which is he's here only on weekends. He's kind of upset but what can we do. His father needs him and I think that this is the way things have to be for a while. I'm going to teach him how to cook some basic dinners so the weight will be off his father's shoulders for cooking some meals. My son is 17 and needs to learn how to cook anyway.

My son is also upset that he won't have a computer to use till this one gets fixed. I'm upset about it as well. There isn't a damn thing either one of us can do about it. I have been told it will take 7-10 business days for it to get repaired and that's after they receive it. So I think I'm going to be without a computer for a month at least. So if you don't see any posts from me for that amount of time that's the reason. I feel lucky over the fact that someone I know owed me money (that I forgot she owed me) paid me so all I have to do is put the money on my credit card then I can schedule a pickup of the computer by UPS. That will be done tomorrow afternoon and the computer probably won't get picked up till Monday. At least that's what I hope. If I have to figure out how to get to the UPS store it may take longer to send it out. I have no idea where the closest UPS store is.

Wish me luck on things. Please pray for my oldest sons father that things get better for him. Thank you.