Broken computer woes

Hi! Just here to give a completely valid and legit excuse for the non-existence of this page. A lot of you have probably already heard about some of this, but just a heads up to those who haven't. Right before I moved to NZ, I bought a brand new DELL laptop (telling you the name so you NEVER buy one). The screen broke 2 months after I got here, and even though I had requested and been told I received an international warranty when I bought the computer from Best Buy, I apparently had not. The only place it could be fixed under warranty is the US, which is obviously super convenient because it's not like it takes a lot of time or money to fly there and back from New Zealand. At any rate, turned out the problem wasn't even covered under warranty (of course), but my amazing IT genius friend Hall was able to find a cheap screen online and replace in for me it August. However, by July, I was sick of not having a computer, so I went and bought a cute little 10 inch screen Acer here in NZ for about $320. That lasted all of a month before I (stupidly)  broke the screen myself. (This one was my fault; however, the Dell was definitely not.) At any rate, the Dell was fixed about 2 weeks after this incident, so I at least had my original computer back. Then, a few weeks earlier, IT STOPPED WORKING AGAIN. I won't bore you with the details, but I've been trying to fix it repeatedly and nothing is working. So who knows, I may have to ship it to the States for them to fix it (hopefully under warranty this time). I am now in the process of replacing the little Acer screen, but that may take awhile as well.

So these are all the reasons I haven't posted in the last 5 or so months! Both my computers were unusable on my trip back to the States in Aug, which is why even though I had plenty of time between flights and layovers and hotel stays, I couldn't update this blog :( Hopefully you will all find this to a reasonable explanation though ;) As I said, both computers are still currently non-functional (I'm using my flatmate's computer right now to type this), but when they are fixed I'll let you know. Not being able to skype with anyone ever is very annoying too!! But hopefully I'll be able to do that once these are fixed. Anyway I hope everyone is well and I miss and love you all!!! xoxox