So there's good news and there's bad news, but in general overall grumpiness. I've replaced my power cord, so I can at least write, but that short in my power cord also shorted out my DVD/CD drive, which will cost $200 to replace. I already spent almost $100 to replace the power cord, so it seems dumb to not go ahead and fix it all, but the guy at the repair shop said that there's a chance the whole channel is fried, not just the drive.
Which means: I'm backing everything up tonight, the entire hard drive, not just the documents (thankfully the external hard drive still works). And I'm worried I may need an entirely new computer. If so, I'm screwed, because I don't have a dime. Which means no working from home, no freelancing, and no writing for me.
For now, the writing thing at least is working, as long as I don't have to access any CDs or burn anything.
I'm seriously considering doing one of those "please give me money!" websites. But I don't have anything interesting, like a bunny to have people make me not eat, to get people to give me money.