CriminalxMinds @ LJ

Didn't sleep great last night, and woke up early this morning though I didn't get out of bed. Played around on my phone til after 12:00, then got up and had coffee.

mashfanficchick got up and made us lunch, and by the time we were eating that it was time for my HP call back.

But we couldn't get zer laptop started, and we needed that to make the reboot flashdrive so we could restart mine when it was reset. So we cancelled the call back and rescheduled it for tomorrow and got the laptop started, and I'm staying here another day. Good thing I left enough food and water for Oreo!

So after that we both ended up napping, though I got up at 6:30 to start getting ready to Team the FWiB.

We did that at 7:00 as usual, ad talked til 911 was on at 8:00. It was a fun episode. Then we watched 911:Nashville, and that was good too.

At 8:30 I called Midle Brother to wish him Happy Birthday. They took him out to dinner and he had a birthday cake.

Then we had dinner, and started watching MacGyver on Tubi. Saw two episodes, each pretty silly but fun.

And now time for bed. Tomorrow, the next call back is at 12:00 so we have to be un earlier than that.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. We finally did get mashfanficchick's laptop working so tomorrow we can use it.

3. Tasty meals.

4. Good TV.

5. Middle Brother is having fun.

6. Tomorrow hopefully the computer will be fixed.

Got up this morning and had coffee and showered and dressed. mashfanficchick got up after me and we left for zer eye doctor appointment in Long Beach. We took the subway to Jamaica and the LIRR from there.

While we were in the waiting room, there was an adorable almost-toddler 9 month old baby girl with her mother and we had a lot of fun watching her and talking to the mother.

After zer appointment was over we had time before my HP computer call back was supposed to happen, so we got lunch at a poke and ramen place. I had a poke bowl an ze had ramen.

We went to the library and enquired about a private room but that was unavailable. The library was so quiet that we felt it would be wrong to do the call back there, so we went to Starbucks. We staked out a table and set up, only to discover I'd not heard my phone ring and missed the callback.

I called HP and got someone, and they looked up my case and we got back to work again only to be stymied by the need for a flash drive.

mashfanficchick went out in search of one, and eventually found one bigger than we needed and quite expensive. I called HP back, an after we argued with an AI for some time, got through to a human. We started trying to do a system reset, and couldn't. first because there wasn't enough room in the computer, and then when we tried a different method, it kept crashing. So we broke for the day, next call back is Thursday at 2:00.

So we left Starbucks, having only bought one vente iced lavender latte, which we shared, because I needed to buy something to get the restroom code.

We went to Stop and Shoop across the street, and did some shopping. I got a loaf of Irish soda bread. Then we went to the train station and missed the train by about 2 minutes.

SO since the next one didn't leave for quite some time, and it was late, we had dinner at an Italian restaurant. I had a mushroom risotto. It was delicious.

Then we got the train back to Jamaica and then the 44 bus from there. Ze got off at Union Tpk and took the 46 from there, I went back to my stop and came home.

I found a Funko Pop waiting for me, and at first hope soared that it was one or the other of the Stephen Colberts. But it wasn't, it was the derpy tiger from K-Pop Demon Hunters that I had ordered. I didn't even know it had shipped.

I fed the pets, then Teamed the FWiB from my phone. We talked for about an hour, then got off.

I moved the boxes of the Kid's stuff from the kitchen to the hall, in preparation for RK taking them and me to the storage unit tomorrow.

Then I set up the computer and started here.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. Gorgeous weather.

3. Cute little girl.

4. Good lunch and dinner.

5. The boxes were easier to move than I expected.

6. RK.

I deliberately left my computer at mashfanficchick's yesterday because I was coming back today and I didn't want to carry it around, so this is to catch up yesterday as well as today.

Yesterday we woke up in time to do the call back with HP. She did not reset the computer, but a lot of things were deleted, and the bios was updated. Then she said that the best thing to do would be to delete Discord. I can't do that, I need it for gaming night. And it doesn't seem right that an object sold as a laptop computer shouldn't be able to handle some very minimal apps. So she gave us the number for the warranty dept. And something really weird happened when we called. WE got a person or maybe a robot that pretty much just said "wrong number" when we called. So we are having another call back Monday so we'll see.

We called in breakfast, and I had a bagel with cream cheese and lox and that was good.

Anyway, at 4:00 I went and showered and at 5:00 I headed into the Bronx for my Al-anon meeting. I got there in time to have my pizza for dinner first. Then the meeting, which was very good. M drove me to the bus stop afterward. The bus was about 10 minutes late this time.

Got home, my Thriftbooks order of Cat Haiku had been delivered. But there was still no sign of the missing Pop.

I Teamed the FWiB on my phone and went to bed.

This morning I got up at 7:30 and had breakfast and coffee. Then I went to the church where my Saturday Al-anon meeting is, because the AA group that also uses the church was having their 50th anniversary, and they invited us. (For those who don't know, Al-anon and Alcoholics Anonymous are two separate organizations. Al-anon is for friends and families of alcoholics. AA is of course for the alcoholics.) They had bagels and cream cheese and butter and jelly and blueberry muffins. It was a very interesting meeting but the sound quality of the PA system was awful.

After their meeting we had ours, and afterward I went to the diner, driven by S as usual. I had the French onion soup.

Then I took the 13 bus to Flushing, and the subway from there to mashfanficchick's. Stopped on the way to buy two cans of iced coffee and a birthday card for Middle Brother.

Ze was sleeping when I got here, after taking melatonin last night trying to find a small enough does that it makes zer sleep without putting zer to sleep all day after.

So I used my computer to go to the Starsky and Hutch chat, and then after that Teamed the FWiB/ The Zoom for the chat worked wonderfully. The Teams for the FWiB, not so much.

After we got done, I woke up mashfanficchick and we ordered dinner, Thai food. Then ze downloaded a scanning program on my computer that a techie friend of zers recomended. Tomorrow the friend will give us more help.

And now we leave my computer to wait for the techie friend and I'm updating here on zer laptop.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. My meetings and the people there.

3. All was well at my apartment.

4. Free computer help.

5. Thai food for dinner.

6. mashfanficchick

Too late to write much. Got up late, around 12:00. Breakfast, coffee.

Then used the new pump an changed the water in the turtle tank. It works great! I'm very glad I got it. The tank is much better, though I should change the water again soon, and the turtle seems happier.

Started calling HP about the computer, hung up out of nervousness. I am not goo with phone calls. Maybe I should email or live chat.

mashfanficchick called and told me ze was going to watch a Purim spiel that was being put on by people ze knows and I should come over and watch with zer, and then we'd watch a taped SNL that has one of the stars of Heated Rivalry hosting. And buy alcohol at the liquor store on the way because you are supposed to get drunk for Purim.

So I showered and dressed an headed over. I bought a bottle of Kikkoman plum wine from the liquor store and took out money at the bank.

We called in sushi for dinner, and had a struggle getting the Zoom to play on zer laptop but finally did and cast it to the TV and watched. I got quite drunk on two large glasses of plum wine, and ze had Chambord.

Then I Teamed the FWiB on my phone. That was nice as always.

Ze put on the SNL episode, which was, well, to be honest, not great. We alternated watching with putting it on pause and talking, and by the time it was over it was quite late.

We talked awhile longer, then I Ubered home, and fed the pets and started here.

Bed very soon!

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. The new pump works great!

3. Plum wine and sushi.

4. mashfanficchick

5. Good weather for traveling.

6. Bed soon!

I woke up at a bit past 11:00 and got out of bed somewhat later, had breakfast, and while my coffee was brewing, checked to see if my package from Thriftbooks with Middle Brother's birthday presents, and turned up. I didn't expect anything, but surprise! There it was. So I have his books.

I had the coffee, and started fighting with the computer. At 1:30 I tried to Zoom for the Starsky and Hutch creative work session. Zoom did not work. Would not open. I alternated trying to get in, with using my phone to Zoom in.

Finally I decided to try redownloading the Zoom app to the computer. And that worked. I got in to the Zoom, and had no problem with it. I even managed to get a little work on the story done!

We got off a bit before 6:00, and I tried catching up online on the sites I go to. I loaded Teams and waited til the FWiB was ready at 7:00, and tried to Team. It was successful but then something weird happened an I lost the visual. We restarted the computer and I used my phone til it came up again, then shifted over.

At 8:30 I called Middle Brother. He is fine, looking forward to his birthday, Daylight Savings Time, the first day of spring, and St. Patrick's Day, in that order. I have to talk to RK about getting to him for his birthday.

I finished teaming the FWiB, and had dinner. Then I called the Kid and left a message by text. I went to the bedroom and called mashfanficchick just to say hi. We talked for a bit, and apparently when we were talking the Kid called, but it didn't ring through.

After I got off with mashfanficchick I saw the missed call from the Kid so I called her back and we talked awhile.

Then I played a little solitaire, then got up to feed the pets. The computer is so far working OK.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. The books showed up.

3. The Starsky and Hutch fandom.

4. The Zoom finally worked.

5. The Kid.

6. Middle Brother is fine.