Protecting Surges

By Devon A

24% a short and concice goodnight is sent in the last few minutes before the wifi turns off 23% a song is saved despite urges to close the tab without doing so, probably to be deleted come morning 22% a realization comes of how fast this damn computer loses battery life 21% a charging cable is retrived from the aged backpack leaning against the chair, the removal of the cable causing the bag to fall on its side 20% a surge protector finds use as the cable is plugged into the closest outlet slot 19% a orange light does not appear on the charger as it connects to the laptop 18% a binder is struck with the cable in hopes that somehow doing that will fix the problem of the cable not doing what it's supposed to do 17% a narrowing of eyebrows and a long annoyed exhale 16% a revisiting of the surge protector in an attempt to troubleshoot the issue further, plugging the cable into the slot next to it 15% a breif consideration that the laptop might just die, and that's ok 14% a quiet and quite unhappy groan, accompanied by a lack of ideas to help the laptop now 13% a pair of reading glasses on the desk are noticed in a shift of attention 12% a stack of books still haven't moved since they were put there about a little over a month ago 11% a sigh as none of the books are desired at the time 10% a warning notification in the top right of the screen, a reminder that the computer is low on battery and it is going to die soon! 9% a desk acts as a surface to catch a weary heads fall after another 16ish attempts to get the damn cable to light up and charge the laptop 8% a triangle etched into the desks surface in pen somewhat becons for more to be drawn near it 7% a conclusion is made that there are 3 pens on the dresser, and more underneath it, there's definitley at least one but there may be more 6% a smile as a blue bag of rocks is payed attention 5% a mixture of ruby and ziozite is treasured 4% a card is read over again, never failing to lift spirits 3% a wave of exhaustion hits, eyelids grow heavy 2% a minute is taken to recall the events of the day, there were a lot of good parts 1% a laptop is shut, as a little orange light appears on the charger plugged into it