Jan
Well, hello there, everyone!
I know I’ve missed writing about some important events, like the anniversary of Gwyn’s homecoming on the 24th of November, or his first Thanksgiving with family, or his first Christmas with family, or all of the myriad other little “firsts” that happen over two months with a baby …
But, you see, here’s the thing. We’ve been reorganizing our house, and turning Gwyn’s nursery into a guest room/office. Gwyn never uses it, since he sleeps with us at night, and so the space was really not being used for anything except the closet. So, we decided to make a nice big playroom out of what was the office/den/room-we-shoved-all-our-stuff-in-when-we-moved-here-in-2008, and turn his “nursery” into a little guest room and office blend.
There’s no Internet plug-in-thingy in the new guest room, though, so Kent (Grandgeek, to Peter) volunteered quite sweetly to make our desktop computer wireless. It was sweet, generous, and lovely, and so we unplugged the desktop computer and brought it with us to our big family Thanksgiving celebration in Washington DC. I figured that I’d be able to write a slightly-late update about Thanksgiving, complete with pictures, on our lovely fast wireless desktop computer…
UNTIL IT EXPLODED.
Literally. Sparks and EVERYTHING. As soon as we got it home and plugged it in. I’m sure Alanis Morisette would say it’s ironic, but I’m pretty sure it just sucks. I just hope the pictures are intact (although they are thankfully backed up on two computers - we aren’t taking any chances, especially with the ones from the NICU.).
So, until we get that repaired, I have to write updates on the laptop computer, and it’s mighty old and mighty slow. Unfortunately for Apple, it’s my first experience using a Mac as my primary computer. Kevin says it’s not typical of what Macs can usually do (again, it’s a mighty old laptop), but it takes five freaking minutes PER PICTURE just to RESIZE IT. I’m embarrassed to say how long it takes to upload it to the website once it’s resized, and, honestly, that’s something that I don’t have a ton of time for with this business going on at our house:
So, long excuse short, I don’t really have a computer right now that’s fit for long picture updates. I’ll try to do more text ones, and we’ll get the computer into the mail to the Baker Home for Critically Ill Electronics. Hopefully, Sparky McDesktop should be fixed soon and put into the lovely guest room where he belongs, bringing you extensive updates with pictures. And bringing me Netflix Instant View so that I can watch 30 Rock again. Hopefully.
Love,
Kelley