San Clemente IV

Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - This morning was a little scary. Last night my laptop refused to charge anymore, but I figured was just a fluke at starbucks or something. However this morning it still wouldn't charge anywhere.. I was crossing my fingers dearly that it was just the power cord, so I drove 40 minutes to the nearest Fry's and purchased a $70 power cord. Didn't work. Went back in and purchased an $80 power cord. Didn't work. At this point it was looking like something was wrong with the laptop, in which case would mean I would likely have to cut my trip short and head home so I could work again. However I remembered that the First American headquarters were somewhere in California.. Turns out, it's about 20 minutes away from me. So I stopped in and found a horribly helpful technician who gave me another power cord, and it worked famously. There are only 2 places in the country I could have got my laptop fixed this fast, Santa Ana in California, or Westlake in Texas. Worked out quite nice for me.