Saturday, February 10, 2007

Death of a laptop ....

I think my laptop is dying. Or at least, the screen is. For a while now, the screen will go black or not display anything, and i have to fiddle with the angle of the screen for several minutes to get the display to show. Now in the past week or so, the screen has started freezing for 15 seconds or so, and 'hissing' every few minutes as well. Apparently this is a fairly common problem with laptops, and if I think about it, my first laptop died of a broken screen too. This one is (of course!) six weeks out of warranty, so I'm hoping it will last until I get my annual bonus at the end of March, and can either afford to get it fixed, or replace it. At the moment it's an annoying problem, but the computer is still pretty much OK, and nothing too problematic to work with. Fingers crossed that it doesn't get any worse!

I had a day off today, and decided to make Rosti-topped Chicken Pie. It was lovely, and there's enough left for tomorrow's dinner too. :-) I don't cook much anymore, so it was a nice change to have a proper cooked meal for once! Not very low-carb, but I'm poor this month, so am using up what I have!

I had a letter from my GP this morning, with the date for my next annual diabetic review - 27th March. I have to have the battery of blood tests the week before, so how can I reduce my levels, especially blood sugar, by then? Looks like more lectures are in order .... *sigh*

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