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My MacBook Pro Fell to the Floor When I Fell Asleep
How sturdy do you think a MacBook Pro really is?
Imagine being so tired while working on a website that you can’t keep your eyes open any longer. You started out relaxing, barely listening to TV shows you recorded on the DVR. Imagine sitting in a comfy leather office chair padded with memory foam. You leaned back in the chair as you put your feet up on the bed. The MacBook Pro you used for writing was nice and warm as it sat on your lap. Before you knew it, you drifted off to sleep…with the MacBook Pro still on your lap.
You began to dream. It started out the same as it did one hundred times before. You and your partner found the house of your dreams. It was a two-story fixer-upper. In the dream, you and your partner were ageless, so it made perfect sense that your daughters from a prior marriage were with you in the dream. But instead of being 43 and 37 years old, they were 5 and 11 years old. You and your partner moved box after box into the house. Eventually, everything was piled up in the dining room.
The excitement of a new adventure — remodeling a dilapidated two-story house while living it, was intoxicating. After your friends brought the furniture into the house for you, everyone was too tired to put beds together. So the first few nights were a giant slumber party…
