Computer issues

One of my dear friends is a self taught computer whizz. She came over to see if she could get the new printer to work. After hours of trying and many downloads, my computer is running more smoothly but she told me to take back the new printer as incompatible. We tried everything, even giving some unknown person remote access to my computer through my telephone company's service.

It is frighteningly disturbing to watch the mouse move and open files independently. We wondered where the assistant was located, India or Taiwan or someplace. The typed English was pretty fluent. The person on the other end was called Bobby, which could be a man or a woman. In the end though the printer was still not talking to the computer. I can see more hours of work ahead for us. It was lovely just hanging out with my girlfriend and chatting while we waited for a miracle, for the computer and printer to magically begin to cooperate.

Tom took the day off and was home so we had to quit before success was achieved so he could get on and do his stuff.

I made waffles with fresh bananas on top, while we waited on the computer. I used the Krusties mix but added real eggs and milk to the flour, even though you can just add water. I figure the boys will get a healthier meal with the eggs and I love the texture of the waffle when I add the real eggs. one egg for every half a cup of krusties.

While we waited and waited on the computer, my girlfriend asked for a bowl of water and a few drops of dish soap, and some clean rags. She wiped down the office, including the windows. The windows are so clean now, you feel like they are open, and you can stick your hand right through them. Trevor has already done that once so we wont go there.

We plugged in Riley's old printer to the computer. Riley's printer works. It just doesn't have the fax capacity or scanning. It is also out of black ink at the moment. The new machine is supposed to be an all in one, but I am beginning to think it isn't worth it.

Riley went to school today, finally. We will see how that goes. I swear if he starts coughing again I am going to get the doctors to write a prescription for antibiotics. Riley bounced back as soon as he took his weekend dose. We see the specialist on Thursday. He told us to continue with the weekend antibiotics until we saw him. I want to hear how long he thinks Riley should continue taking the antibiotics. After the last few weeks I am thinking until his numbers are even better than they are now. They still aren't good enough for school germs it seems.

I rearranged Riley's room and removed all but one last segment of carpet. His dresser is sitting on the last square. He had no side table by his bed. All his sick glasses were piling up on the window sil on the far side of his bed. I moved a short book shelf over to work as a side table and give him a resting place for his computer, by his bed. His bed is high so a regular side table sits too low beside it. I also got Riley to toss some of his toys and broken models, that were piled on his desk, getting in the way of ever using his desk for any useful purpose. We still have things to do, but every little bit gets us a little further along the road of moved in and tidied up.

Trevor is on the hunt for a manly desk. The one he wants is really the computer desk we all use. He can't have that one. I will find a deal somewhere for him. He wants me to tackle his room, do a remodel. I told Trevor he could rip out his carpet. He has seen me do it and has helped me. It is not rocket science. I just don't want to start another project yet myself when I have a couple going already.

The upstairs already smells less musty with Riley's carpet gone. I would not be unhappy to find Trevor ripping his own carpet out. Too bad we don't have enough flooring for the upstairs. We don't want every room to have different colored flooring either. Riley will be living with his funky sub floor for a while. At least it is sanitary and clean.