broken

So, two days before I'm set to begin my 30 days of nothing, things start breaking.

We finally bought a wireless router. Silly me, I thought I'd be able to set it up myself. Big mistake. Now I have zero internet access via my real computer. One day I might try calling tech support, but as I've somehow screwed up the actual computer, I am *not* confident in their ability to help me. All of the auto-correcting programs on my computer keep telling me to talk to the person who set up my "network". Ahem... that would be me. oy vey!

The upside to having limited internet access: lack of ability to shop online!

The day after Christmas, the glass globe covering the lightbulbs in the twins' newly installed ceiling fan came crashing down and shattered in the middle of the night. Scary, but luckily nobody was hurt, and Elijah had the good sense to call us from his bed to tell us that there was a problem.

Yesterday the zipper on my winter coat broke. It's an old coat. Like, ten years old. Maybe older. I've been talking about getting a new one for at least three years. Now I will be living through the coldest part of a Chicago winter in a coat that doesn't zip. Should be fun. Then again, there are lots of people who have *no* coats. There's always a silver lining...

As each of these things has happened, I've taken a moment to consider how easy it would be to hastily spend money on a solution. Instead, I will be making due with what I do have instead of focusing on what's wrong / broken / not what I want it to be, and re-evaluating my "needs" come February.