We finally dug through our files and found the AppleCare agreement for my laptop last weekend. The power cord, having been tripped over one too many times, is broken to the point where I basically need to hold it together to get any juice to the laptop.

They're sending us a new one, but man, it's gonna take forever. They're shipping it DHL, who I haven't really heard of. I'm not quite sure why, as the last two things we ordered from Apple got sent FedEx and it was really fast (like, my iPod came from China in three days).

No, it's been four days since the parts shipped from California, and they're now in... Ohio. At a sorting facility, which will undoubtedly take days to get through given the rate they've travelled so far.

Seriously, four days from California to Ohio? It hasn't even crossed the border yet, and I know that's gonna take some time! At the increasing rate of deterioration of my power cord, my laptop will be cold and dead for a week before I can plug it in again. :(