magic_helmet

I have been saving my little pennies for a new computer desk for a while now, and the one I wanted came on sale, so today after work, I hopped in my little tinker-toy of a car, and with debit card bravely in hand, bought my new desk. Rather than be patient, and wait for the free delivery, the poor Staples boy helped me push and squeeze my new desk into my car. Believe me, if you saw my car, and you saw the size of the package we managed to get into it, you would think it was an impossible fit, but get it in, we did, much to the stares and laughter of many a passer-by.

I got home, and have been putting this baby together since approximately 3:00 this afternoon (It's currently 9:30 pm, if that gives you any idea of my talents at assembling things that require me to use a screwdriver...)

So, now I have a cracking new lovely desk with drawers, and shelves, and cubby holes galore, and a keyboard tray that is big enough to actually fit my ergo keyboard AND my mouse on at the same time! Oh Bliss!!! BLISS, I tell you!

Or it was, until we had set up my computer, and plugged everything in, and was about to move it back against the wall, when hubby we pushed the shelf instead of the base, and dislodged the shelf - which then came crashing down on my monitor - my monitor that I got for my last birthday 8 months ago - and the very same one that replaced my last monitor, which I shattered by attempting to kill a fly that had landed on my panel....

Good news, the monitor is fine... the bad news is the base is broken. Splintered would be an adequate description of it, actually. Shattered into teeny tiny pieces. I now have my monitor balanced precariously between 4 DVD's and leaning against the back of my new shiney table.

I will not say my favorite four letter work.

*Sigh* does anybody know if it is possible to have a base replaced? If not, I'm afraid I'm stuck with this broken, precariously balanced monitor for a very, very long time.

Why do I have such bad luck with monitors??? WHY???

*headdesk*