Hiya Darlin',
Had a great night sleep after going to bed pretty early, got more chores done, then finally dared to turn on my computer to see if it was fixed, but alas, no luck. Not that it wasn't working, just that none of my navigational tools would get me anywhere. A few of the buttons on the keyboard worked, but not enough to be functional. So, on my phone, I started looking around at all my options, and in the end, settled on a local computer repair shop where I headed out to around 12:30. After speaking with him, one alternative was to find a similar computer where we could just change out the hard drive, which was my favorite option. But I wanted him to check it out to see if we could just switch out the keyboard and/or mousepad. I had found that there was quite a few online, but most would require shipping, but a couple were actually local in Charlotte, which is only about an hour away. One was at the local Goodwill for about $20, but it looked pretty rough, and when I spoke to the guy, he was alone and couldn't confirm it was still available. Then I found another one in downtown Charlotte, so I ended up driving downtown and meeting up with a guy who sold me one for $80, which I still thought was a pretty good deal. Turns out it was in great shape. Barely made it back to the computer shop before he closed at 6:00, arrived at 5:57 and together we switched out the hard drive and the RAM and were back out the door by 6:03, so I didn't keep him long. I paid him $20, so I know have a practically brand new computer for $100, which seems like a bargain to me! Frankly, my old computer was in pretty bad shape, with broken corners where I had dropped it, and the monitor had a bug in it (a literal bug!) that had crawled up under the glass somehow and got stuck and died there, so I always had a little speck on my screen. This new computer feels perfect! With the old solid state, one terabit hard drive, I'm back in business! I made a quick stop at Food Lion next door before heading home, I had forgotten to get lemon-lime the other day when shopping, and also bought a few frozen dinners on sale just for a change of pace. Got back to camp, fed the horses, popped in a personal pizza and settled down for the night. One thing the guy at the computer shop told me was that the Aurora Borealis was actually being seen here in North Carolina this weekend! I found that hard to believe, but apparently there's some kind of electro-magnetic anomaly happening, so I headed out to check that out, only to be met with raindrops instead. No clear skies tonight! Guess I missed it, but maybe it will still be here tomorrow. Still on my bucket list, to see the northern lights! One of the few items I haven't yet accomplished!. A busy runaround day, but well worth the effort to have a really good, working computer again! Good night, darlin'! Love you!
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