Sigh.... my not-even-a-year-old MacBook is sick! I don't think it is terminal.... but it is causing headaches. On Saturday last the screen quit! The backlight on the screen will not light up. If you shine a flashlight at the screen you can see the display so I am pretty sure it is a hardware issue... not the video card - but try to tell that to 20 something year old male computer geeks!!! I think it is likely a loose wire between the computer and the monitor, which is classically a laptop weakness as we are always opening and closing the things. Anyway... I looked around here all week for someone who might be able to fix it and finally decided it had to be taken to Managua to the authorized apple dealership there.
Now... Managua is 2 - 3 hours away (depending on mode of transport) so I was NOT looking forward to making the trip twice as they were pretty sure they would not be able to fix it in one day. So.... I was very happy when I was able to talk my friend Tom into taking it in for me. Tom was also a student at the school, and he was leaving today to return home to Texas - so had to go to Managua. He had hired a driver to take him, so it wasn't too much trouble to take the computer. Hopefully they will be able to fix it fairly quickly and then I will have to take a trip to Managua to pick it up. Keep your fingers crossed for me.... as there won't be any new pics on this blog until I get it fixed.
And a BIG THANKS to Tom for doing me such a huge favour. Hugs and kisses all around!!!
This blog chronicles a 10 month period of travel that I took with my 13 year old daughter in 2007/08.
