Lost use of the flat panel monitor in my office one day this last week. Not a huge ordeal as we have unused monitors at the office that I could plug in & use, and I always have my Mac opened up, so I can always just use the built-in screen exclusively. The problem is that I didn't realize how spoiled I really was with two monitors. I've had this set-up for the last three and a half years beginning while I was at LifeWay. Dell flat-panel monitor turned vertically (works great when you're working on/designing websites a lot) with my laptop propped up next to it using the built-in screen as a secondary workspace.

So, it goes down, and I proceed to spend the next hour and a half trying to get it to work right, thinking in the back of my mind how I'm going to have to A) Purchase the AppleCare plan for my MacBook Pro (which I didn't do when the company bought it in January), and then take it down to the local Apple Store to get fixed - perhaps being without it for a day or two.

I wound up downloading a firmware update that got things working again. It was only when things were working smoothly once more, and I felt a sense of calmness come back over me, that I realized just how pathetic I am.