I finally got my laptop computer, which is about 12 years old, hooked up and working in my apartment. It is so old that Baboo, the IT person wasn’t sure we could get it to work – BUT WE DID!
First to bring you up to date. Maggie, Marie and I left Blessed Sacrament after the 10:30am Mass on Sunday, the 7th of August. It was a nice Mass and Ryan, the seminarian spoke after Communion and thanked the people for his 8 week experience at the parish. We have all loved having him. He is going on vacation with some relatives and then will return to Theological College at Catholic University. I hope that he will keep in touch with us at SBS.
It was a beautiful day to travel and except for the Beltway, we moved down the highways with no problems. We dropped Marie off at her friend, Myrtle, who lives right off of RT 95. Then Maggie and I headed to Durham, which was about 2 hours farther. We got here before dark and settled into our apartment. We are in 118 in the James Coco ( a graduate) building. We have a living room, a kitchen (where we keep cold water in the frig!!) and two bedrooms and baths. They had left dinners for us in the frig and then we headed off to bed.
Monday, we were up around 7am. Breakfast starts at 7:45; so we went to the office first and turned in paperwork. The day went very quickly as there are classes, water exercise, and meals all day long and before you realize, we were back at the apartment, watching ” America’s Got Talent”, which I never watched at home but Maggie introduced it to me and we’ve watched it every night so far.
On Tuesday, once again the day was full with classes, medical appointments, the pool, and meals. It was the hotest day that North Carolina has had and since some pool activities are in the outdoor pool, Maggie and I went out and bought hats! We look silly but it helped. We called Maureen and Rick because we are driving down on Friday afternoon to visit and spend the night. We’ll be back Saturday night. There isn’t much going on during the weekends and we can catch up on Sunday with our rest.
Today is Wednesday and I finally got Baboo, the IT person, to come and hook up my computer for internet. This laptop is about 12 years old and I last used it about 4 years ago; so he had to made the card I had work with the wifi that is in each building. It works but since my window was the 2003 version, I had to update to 2008 – I think. I had to do it as that is not part of Baboo’s responsibility. I keep waiting for it to explode!!!
Today was another full day and I am very tired but had to get out some kind of message since I now have internet. I also called Tom and Marge Fitzpatrick, who have moved here from Myrtle Beach and are old friends. Maggie and I plan to stop over tomorrow to visit and have a glass of water!!! Today also, we went to AAA and got maps for our trip to Georgia. Well I better go watch AHT and then go to bed. I have nothing to report on weight loss but I am learning a great deal that I hope to take home and try to live better.
Baboo must be a miracle worker! A 12 yr old computer is an antique!!!
Thanks for the update…