The laptop spent nearly three days at the hospital.
They said it is dying but I was allowed to bring it home to let it die among friends.
And it refused to connect to the internet again. I called the cable company and we figured out that the laptop doesn’t like the wireless stuff anymore so now the ‘puter is hardwired to the modem.
So, for now, I am back on line. How long will it last? Another year or another hour.
I got some great writing done whilst unplugged. I have big gaps where I needed to look something up but couldn’t.
I kept a journal/log of sorts and I may post that here later.