My mistake turned blessing

Interesting title, is it not?

Yesterday, my mom wanted to see something online. I was showing her the website, and she leaned closer to see it better. My coffee was right there, and I was afraid it would spill. I reached out to move it, and my mom accidentally bumped my arm. 

The horror I felt as warm coffee went all over my laptop! Half a cup spilled before I was able to stop it. Then, my faithful little laptop, Martha, fell unconscious. I screamed no, yelling for towels to clean it up as quickly as possible. My room turned into chaos. I brought Martha in the bathroom, and tried to drain out as much coffee as I could, heart pounding all the while. Then, my mom brought me her hairdryer, and I began to learn how to take a computer apart. Thankfully, only a little got in the battery compartment, and I don't think any got into the interior. I blow dried it on cool anyway, praying that my little laptop wasn't fried. 

You may think I was a little dramatic, but 40% of my life is on that laptop. Thousands of pictures, from photoshoots, family, friends, and nature shots, Bible studies, short stories and poems, not to mention my book I'm working on. Up to chapter 4 was safe with my best friend Megan, but I hadn't got to send her chapter 5 yet. And some big events happened in chapter 5. I COULDN'T lose it! Plus, I've started some research and planning for my next book, Time Detective, and I would've lost all that as well. 

Finally, I calmed down, and my dad said to let it dry out, and not to rush it. If I started it up too soon, it could wipe the memory. So I left it alone, and that's when it turned into a blessing. I was given a rest. I couldn't edit photos, work on my book, do research, write a blog post, look on Facebook, or any of the normal things that consume my time. I read a little extra in my Bible reading, and was blessed by the Lord showing me a new truth. I played a board game with my little sister, and did some extra house cleaning. Then, I decided to do some research for "Time Detective" by, you can say, hoofing it. ;)

 I got out one of our encyclopedias, and started some research in Italy. I really enjoyed it (I'm one of those weird people that like research), and found some valuable information.

(It's always fun to write with a cute pen and notebook ^_-) 

And praise the Lord, Martha is back up and running!

My only loss was my keyboard. Dear Martha was even sweet enough to save the unsaved info I had been working on when she went out.

And now, my desk looks like this,

(the black keyboard is from the family desktop)

But I'm so thankful for the Lord's mercies. My computer is safe, and working fine. And even though the keys on this keyboard are different, and may take some time to get used to, I'm thankful for it too. :) 

So enjoy life, and find beauty in the simple things. 

Oh, and don't forget to sit back and relax every once in a while. ;)