It got worse

Yesterday when I woke up the mouse and keyboard's freezing up and the off button being reluctant to work meant my computer spent much of the day frozen. I was forced to call the IT support group I've been trying to avoid ever since mom discovered their political views, who ended up reminding me you can force a laptop to shut down by holding the off button down long enough. So I can use the computer again, and the mouse and keyboard are even working right now, but I don't dare turn it off, or make any assumptions whether they will be tomorrow morning. They weren't this morning, which was when I also learned the city's planning to eliminate the bus route I take to work!
Which is why I'm hurrying to post this one now, while it remains much less of a pain:

( Bess Mahoney, Two Months Later )