Yesterday was Sarah’s birthday. She hates when people point it out, especially me, which is probably why I do it so often. She still lords over me that I am older so I feel justified. The day started off well enough. I crawled out of bed as quietly as I could so she could sleep in, and I headed to work. Around lunchtime I met up with a friend and as I was getting out of the MINI, disaster struck.
You know that cool post I did earlier about how I use my iPad for so many things.… yeah well, it dropped. It slid off my lap and fell to the pavement. Honestly, I didn’t think anything of it at the time, since it had fallen before. It’s in a leather case that tends to protect it fairly well, and it only fell from about 1 foot high. Well, it landed in just the wrong way that this happened:
Ouch!
Yup, the corner shattered and spider-webbed across the whole screen. I too, was shattered. My mind rapidly went through all of the various solutions, from using it as it was (since it still worked fine), to buying a new V.3 iPad ($800!!!!!). Then it dawned on me that a friend had this same thing happen to his and he was able to get it repaired. It’s just the front glass that shattered so the repair really isn’t that bad. I found a place near home to work on it and it was done in 2 1/2 hours. Total repair: $120. (the place was http://apluscprepair.com/ and they did an great job!)
YAY!
Using that extra few hours I swung by the store and bought Sarah some flowers and Oatmeal Creme Pies. (her favorite). After the repair was done we headed out to grab dinner at a place in Front Royal, about an hour’s drive. What we didn’t expect was the Armageddon level rain storm that hit us! Driving back home was a nightmare as the storm was doing it’s impression of a DubStep Rave, with thrumming waves of the water and the strobe effects of the lightning. I could barely see the road. Crazy.
We did make it home safely. Oh, and of course, when we checked the mail, I got a lovely letter from the District of Columbia informing me that they were super nice and took a picture of my car and me the other day when I was driving home from the ren faire (and was dog sick). They felt I should have a copy of the photo and it was only going to cost me $125.
Oh, yeah, it was raining too.
You take the good, you take the bad…
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