Yeah i spilled coffee on my graphire 3 6X8 and Im sort of in mourning. The mouse is a poor, poor substitute. I guess a fitting analogy would be a lumberjack going back to a handsaw
I just got a toshiba 14 inch convertible laptop. You flip the screen around and lay it over the keyboard and draw on it. Wacom pressure sensitive stylus works well. No tilt or rotate sensitivity, like a cintiq, but it comes with lots of stuff a cintiq doesn't, like a cpu, dvd drive, etc. Plus, you can draw in bed. 650$.