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Yes, as a matter of fact I did get out and work in the yard today. See? I’m not all talk and no action after all. I spent twenty whole minutes on the weed trimmer before quitting because my arm felt as if it were about to fall off. But that was enough to clear the paths that lead from my front door to the driveway and to the back yard. It’s not much, but it’s a start. Still mostly talk and very little action, but at least it’s not all and none.
That was almost the highlight of my day. The real highlight was my experience with Amazon’s Kindle support team. The fact that I needed them at all was a little disturbing. I put my Kindle to sleep this afternoon and couldn’t wake it up. So I went to the support site and typed in my phone number, and the phone started ringing as soon as I clicked “Phone me.” Really! It was a machine calling me, of course, and I had to wait on hold, but not for long. And when the tech guy told me what to do, and it worked, I felt mildly euphoric about the whole experience. Things don’t always go that smoothly, you know.
By the way, I still love my Kindle, after nearly a month. It may not be everyone’s cup of tea, reading on virtual paper instead of the actual kind, but I’ve learned to think of the books I read on Kindle as books, and not as pixel displays. And I do read a lot these days, way more than before I got my Kindle. I’ve never had the slightest speck of trouble until today, but the resolution was easy (open the back and push the Reset button), and the explanation was logical (sometimes it happens when the battery runs down while it’s in sleep mode). Better still, I know what to do next time, if there is a next time. |
