YAAY!!!

A crisis has been barely averted, friends.

Saturday night, I dropped Poddy in the toilet. Please don't ask why or how. And no, there was nothing in it but water. And not yellow water, either. Cause I know I have some disgusting male friends. And disgusting female friends too, come to think of it... Anyway, I immediately fished it out (and disinfected it as best I could). It worked fine for a few minutes...then the screen began to fade.

What happened to poor Poddy was this: it was able to charge, and when I switched to hold and back again, it came back on again, but none of the controls worked. At all. I was quite upset. I tried everything, but no dice. I ended up putting it and its accesories away in my dresser drawer, I was so upset. I was so close to sending it back to California to get fixed, if I could. I mean, by this afternoon, I was getting the bubble wrap ready. I turned poor Poddy on one last time by toggling the Hold switch and saw that its battery was almost gone, seeing as how it had to automatically turn itself off every time I kept turning it on, since I couldn't. For some reason, I decided to plug it back in its wall adapter. I touched the Click Wheel mournfully...and heard the most beautiful sound I have ever heard in my life.

clickclickclickclickclick.

I stared at the screen in disbelief. My controls were working again. My songs were all still there. It was a miracle. My guess is the little bit of water that got into Poddy shorted out the Click Wheel for a while, but when it dried out, everything was fine again.

In a way, it was good. I realized I spend a lot of time with my iPod, and sometimes it's okay to have it stay at home. But man, I am huggling Poddy now. I have learned my lesson. Poddy is never going near water again.

Oh, and one more thing: lemon bars taste like sunshine. Ooh-hoo hoo...