My "A" Key Fell OFF...

Very early the other morning I was working on my desk top with my lap top by my side. I very rarely turn a light on at this hour of the morning so it is very dark with only a small glow from a light I have in the back of my computer cabinet. It was a busy morning. I had a lot to do so I had both computers working. Now I must tell you I love my desk top. It is over 2 years old with so much stuff on it but I know right where everything is. On the other hand I just recently got my laptop and I hardly ever use it. It is a beauty, but it has VISTA>>> YUCK!
Although it is very dark in the room I can see that something is just not normal with my laptop. Since I am just doing a simple copy and paste with it and just clicking my mouse rather than using the keyboard I don't think to much of it, till it gets a bit lighter in the room. Then I notice that the keyboard isn't pretty. There is a big black dot on it. I get the flash light out to check and low and behold, I am missing a key. My "A" key is gone. How could this be ? I never use this thing. I am hoping the cats hadn't found it. This little thing would be just what they would love to play with.

The crunch.. Yup, I stepped on my "A" key, never fails. I wait till it gets light, more importantly I wait till my husband leaves so I can really check it out. So there is a little piece of removalable plastic on the keyboard. On the key itself it has a piece that swivels. I try everything to reattach that key but it just doesn't want to stay where it should.

After getting extremely agitated with myself for not being able to figure this out, I decided to take it with me to Staples when I went to get copy paper. There is a nice young gentleman at our Staples that I am just sure loves to see me  come in.I always make him feel so superior with my silly stupid questions. He is always so pleasant, but I am sure he cracks up when I leave thinking to himself, what a Twit!

I am thinking that a man must have invented this type of a connection for this key. So I decided to take logic and reason out of my thinking. Sure enough, the two pieces snapped together. Then they had to be squeezed together and carefully put the right clips on first and then ever so gently attach the left side. Now the swivel part drops down and snaps into place. Just like magic!

And to think I almost made that young man at Staples day. I am sure I will be able to ask his help on something another time. But not on this project. I figured it out all by myself. I got and "A".