New things

I just got a new laptop.
actually, I've had it for about a week, but I'm just getting it set up today. I had so much trouble getting onto the internet!  I knew I needed to reset my modem, and I thought I was unplugging it and replugging it, but I noticed that the lights were not going out on the modem. Then I realised that I kept unplugging and replugging my alarm clock! Whoops! I guess I would have finally noticed the time was wrong eventually.

My Aunt MaryLou also got a new computer. She got a nice desktop with a flat screen monitor. Her internet came on pretty quickly. Of course, she hasn't been using her old one for the internet because her browser went out, so she'd been using my old laptop with me.

I'm pretty happy to have a nice shiny blue laptop, but my bank balance is not looking so healthy right now. I'm going to have to get my savings back up, Here I'd been thinking I could change jobs soon, but maybe not. I had figured that if I could find something closer to home, I could save enough on gasoline to make up for a lower salary. Maybe I still can, but who knows. I work 4 to 5 days a week, though I'm not techniquely full time, but with the commute, the hours feel like full time.

My Grand daughter  Caitlin will be leaving for college this weekend. Her Mom and Dad are suffering great angst and empty nest syndrom. It happens to all parents though, and we actually survive!

It's been a pretty good day, even with the computer problem. The weather is beautiful, I picked a bunch of tomatoes from the garden, and I planted 6 hens and chicks in the yard.  Not a bad day.