There are no pics this week.

I had a most unusual computer week. After our normal Church / breakfast / money counting last Sunday, I sat down to look at Mom’s computer. Mom has been complaining that her computer was acting funny. In the old days, that would be hard to do, with me in MD and Mom in FL. But these days, remote connect makes it a cinch. I finally had to quit so we could go to Danita’s office so I could hook up her computer. Then it was off to a BSO concert. The concert was fine. Mom’s computer was unsatisfying because I couldn’t find anything definitive. Hooking up Danita’s computer was more productive. She got Dell to replace her disk drive on Tuesday. Then my lappy failed to start up Wednesday morning. The symptoms looked like a disk crash. I bought a service policy with 24 x 7 tech support, but they didn’t answer the phone at 6 AM. So I went on my ride convinced I had a bad disk drive. After my ride, I called again. Surprisingly, they were able to fix it over the phone. It seems they were having problems with a driver. I wasn’t the first to call with this problem. Fortunately, their fix got me up and running right away. By the end of the week, all the computers in our household were working. That’s not supposed to be news, but some weeks are just like that. I rounded out my very strange computer week with Facebook. I have an empty Facebook page. Sometimes if somebody in the family posts on Facebook, I can see it. Yesterday, the real estate agent who helped our sell our house posted on my “timeline” (whatever that is). Now I’m getting tons of Facebook Emails, congratulating me on joining the 20th century. Please be assured, I intend to remain a Facebook curmudgeon. (Or is that Luddite?)

We enjoyed perfect bike riding weather Wed, Thur, and Fri. I was feeling good and decided to try to do three significant rides in a row. I was kind of tired during the last part of Friday’s ride, but other than that everything went well. I was quite pleased.

Unfortunately, I had an appointment for a blood draw Friday morning. I was so focused on the rides that I forgot the appointment. I remembered just as I was starting my ride, but it was a fasting draw and I had already eaten breakfast. I had to get this done in time for my next doctor’s appointment. And we have two parties this weekend. (A bull roast Saturday and a Bingo / Ice Cream Social Sunday. I’ll go the the Ice Cream Social and leave the Bingo to Danita.) I wanted to have a good time at the parties. And I wanted good lab results so my doctor doesn’t scold me. The only option was to walk in to the lab this morning. On a Saturday. Without an appointment. I got to the lab a few minutes before they opened, to find the hallway filled with people. I was number 21. The experience was much better than I anticipated. I was out in less than 45 minutes.

The excitement is building here in Columbia. Kathryn is coming this week. Plus, the IT Committee is presenting our web page proposal to the board. We expect the board to approve our proposal. Then the company has to put up a skeleton web site for us. After that, it’s up to me to post content before we go to Alaska so the community will have a month to comment on our proposed new design.

I hope this finds everybody doing well.