I hope you all didn't do something extremely fun without me this weekend. I had worthy visions of helping clear mounds of clutter in my mother-in-laws condo. She promptly put Dan and I to work in her garden. She is carving this out of prairie that sits next to her property so you can imagine the weeds, etc. she has been dealing with over the years. But since the weather was nice and it would burn some calories, why not. Except she does everything the hard way, from sifting the soil to not having all the supplies on hand.
So I shifted my attention to installing the new, very expensive, way too powerful computer that she had bought 2 days prior to our arrival. Why she couldn't wait, I never found out. Plus, she bought it 30 miles away, so when a unneeded part needed to be returned, I have to admit, I welcomed the drive time. But then she didn't want a new printer, so I installed what I could only to find out that the printer was not compatible with Windows xP. Did I say her old system was 10 years old and she was still using dial up and wanted to continue to use Dial up??
Paul and I priced a totally new system that included the new printer and a new monitor for less than her "oh, I trust xyz company implicitly." Ya think they worked on commission at xyz??
So, I washed my hands of that, did my own work on the laptop and stayed out of the way. That was pretty tough in this little condo. But Dan got frustrated too so we left yesterday at noon and took advantage of Kim apt. downtown. We watched people at Taste of Chicago, listened to bands that the 20 something crowd seemed to recognize, and then watched fireworks near our first apt. So, a nice ending to my last weekend attempt at helping someone who really does not want any help. Remind me of this if I start making noises again.
2 comments:
In-law or Out-law, that is the question!! I'm totally impressed that Dan's mother actually purchased a computer on her own! Most people her age have trouble with email, much less accomplishing anything else on a computer (am I guilty of ageism????)
As long as you weren't the only one who got frustrated--then it was a good weekend. Next time you start sounding noble--we'll give you a quick kick in the head :)
Chicago with the hubby sounded fun!
We got together with the Daileys and Longs for a little card playing--I whipped up a batch of Margaritas for a little pre-card playing enhancement. After that, we didn't really care who won at cards (even though it was Butt-head #2, Wayne Dailey!!)
I suppose nobility does not suit me. I did enjoy the six pack of beer I bought to share with Paul. Since he was driving yet that night, he left them all for me to enjoy (thank goodness). I'm still at work, catching up, so vacations, even mini ones, have a down side. Hope your bread experiment turns out better than Patty's experiments that she get paid to explode!
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