The small stuff

A mouse was a source of stress for us this week. Not the cute gray kind that eats popcorn kernels and can be spotted sprinting across the room from couch to chair to fridge. In fact it was the computer mouse that troubled us. Imagine a mouse that suddenly only moves west to east along the line AB. You are looking at an inbox with some unread mail...but you just can't click on it! Why would this happen? Had somebody been drinking tea with honey near the computer again? No, I hadn't! (my honey was responsible for some sticky keys a month ago--whoops!) We took the mouse apart and blew on it because thats how you fix stuff.
That didn't do it, so again the mouse came apart and we operated it like an Etch-a-Sketch. First, you turn the tiny wheel that moves it up to down, and then the other wheel that moves it side to side....and then back up a little, ooo..no, too far...to the left...a little more..."click" and you are checking your email.