Senescence

My computer is 5 years old, or about 85 in computer years. Two weeks ago it wouldn't boot all the way.  So I took it into the shop. They wiped the hard drive and reinstalled it, without losing any data—wizardry! I brought it home and booted it up and started doing some work, and it slogged and lagged and moped and sometimes completed a task before hanging up. So I called the shop and they said to bring it in for another spell. To avoid massive anxiety over data loss, I made sure it backed itself up completely before taking it in. Two days, or 34 in computer days, later it has finally finished backing up.  Now I can take it back to the wizards who will probably tell me it needs a whole new hard drive, none of this wiping it and sending it home foolishness. I will say yes, fine, fix it, and they will charge me money, and my computer will return to me a shining new version of its former weary self. I hope.


It's November, we're all running a little slow these days…