Computer Problems

The phone woke me up this morning. It was Gary calling from Baltimore saying his laptop wouldn't boot. Well, it would partially boot, then freeze up. I googled "safe mode" and got him going on that, and then at the office I asked the IT guys for a bit more advice. I called Gary's cell phone at 11:40 and amazingly, he had it turned on, set to vibrate, in his jacked pocket, so he answered (stepping out of the lunch line).

On the other hand, I started setting up Rachel's brand new computer this afternoon. It runs Vista, so we'll have to learn a new operating system, but it didn't take long to get the thing up and humming and on the internet. Setting computers up is lots easier than it used to be in the old days. I managed to get her photos moved over, but it will take more effort to do her music.

Rachel gets to finally meet some of her students face to face tomorrow at a field trip to a pumpkin patch. I found a bright orange pumpkin shirt for her to wear to the event for $4.50 at Walmart in the girls section. That was when Laura, Isabella and I went shopping after lunch at Moon Wok. That baby is so cute! She is really sucking her thumb now, which keeps her quietly occupied for long stretches.