One Day Left

Today is my last pre-surgery day. I barely slept last night. I think the last time I looked at the clock was around 1:15 and then I was awake at about 5:40. I imagine that tonight will be even worse.

Most things are taken care of around the house. There is a little laundry left and we want to vacuum and straighten up. I got my hair cut last night and then swapped out a sprinkler head because the hostas grew too tall and blocked the short one that was there before. I figured I'd better do that before the surgery since bending and digging will likely be banned for some period of time. We have the mowers on schedule, food in the freezer and sandwich stuff for when I get back home. I still need to pack an overnight bag and generally fret about things

In other news, we finally got the right laptop from Dell. I ordered one at the end of April under a Mother's Day discount (plus a supplier discount...woo!). Dell shipped it within a week. I turned it on for the first time and immediately noticed that the text on the screen was tiny. I mean like cell phone tiny. Jane looked at it later that evening and her first comment was about the text size too. We both said "At least it is clear. We'll get used to it." That never happened. It was just way too small. I adjusted all sorts of settings and spent time with Dell tech support. Nothing worked without messing up something else.

It seems that I had fallen prey to the advertising about "Upgrade your monitor to WSXGA+. 72% more viewing area!" What this really translates to is a lot of pixels (dots) on your screen and therefore smaller text. After several hours convincing tech support that my mistake was ordering this screen, they approved a return and sent me to customer care.

I returned the whole laptop and reordered a few days later. The new laptop has the standard widescreen and looks normal. I'll admit that the other screen was clearer, but at least I can read the text with this one!

Jane, Holly and I went to On the Border last night for dinner. Jane has honed in on a couple of items that are palatable to her and consistent in quality, so she is not so reluctant to go there. I think she might be liking the cilantro too because I didn't hear a single mention of it! Perhaps Mexico has changed her.

I probably won't be able to post here again until Friday. Not even sure if I will be able to do it then depending on how I feel. In the meantime, thank you for your comments and support.

Maybe Jane will take dictation and create an entry for me? Send her email and comments...surely you can convince her!