i found out why i hadn't gotten my laptop back. it turns out my mother got pissed and threw it at a concrete floor. for the slower of you, this means it's broken. pretty badly but chad says it's fixable. he probably has enough spare parts to build this particular model three times over with extras so he's fixing it for free. i couldn't even convince him to let me pay so that's good for me. i was even more surprised when he took a look at the mangled machine and said to have a seat he'd have it done in about 45 min but then he couldn't find his screwdrivers. i guess that's the tradeoff with those technology people, extremely bright but completely absentminded. anyways, i should have my iBook back and working by friday and i can't wait. i've been away from my baby for 1 year and 8 months. what's another 2 days?