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Jul. 11th, 2020 02:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_rckI've spent the last couple of days trying to get my new laptop functioning in a way that works for me. I have warned Scott that I'm probably going to complain a lot for the next several weeks. I'm still not 100% sure that this change is going to work, but we also don't have any really good options. My old laptop no longer supports all of the things that we need it to do.
I'm just frustrated because the new laptop doesn't work well in several aspects-- Trying to get all of the icons and text to a properly readable size breaks a couple of programs I use (which is a design problem that I can't believe no one noticed), and I can't connect a CD drive without Scott finding some adapters that he's having difficulty locating (everything he buys is not what he thought it would be).
The lack of adapters made transferring my files a time consuming process. We worked from my most recent Time Machine backup (after I verified that I had a good one). It took more than 20 hours which... Well, the first estimate was 209 hours, so I guess 20 hours was better. It still meant a long time without doing much of anything.
I like the fact that the new laptop is lighter. I feel less at risk of dropping it. The difference in thickness means I need to recalibrate the height of my table again which is frustrating. I don't like the cramped keyboard because it requires having my elbows quite tight against my waist. I also can't type well if I'm wearing my heavy braces because I can't reach certain keys from home row, mostly the right hand, little finger stuff. I can't tell how many of the other typo issues are due to stress over the laptop being new to me and how many are likely to linger.
The long gap of not having my laptop very definitely let me know that my hand and wrist issues relate to using the keyboard. Using eating utensils and holding my phone and/or books are also contributing factors. I'm not sure how to balance the things I must do with the things I want to do and the things that make the pain worse.
My grandmother has passed away. She was 95. We had been expecting the word at any moment the last two weeks. There will be no funeral or memorial service. My aunt and uncle who are close, geographically, are both in very poor health, and many other relatives would have to travel a long way. Grandma wouldn't have wanted us to take the risk; when Grandpa died, she told my father that attending the funeral would be the waste of what might otherwise be a good family visit.
My father may visit Michigan again, but he also may not. I think he would like to see his brother again, and his brother could die any time (he's been waiting for double lung transplant for 2-3 years now). My father's sister passed away last November. We're still in Michigan, of course, and I know he'd like to see me and Cordelia. I just don't know if he'd try to get up to Oscoda; it's a lot further from a reasonable airport.
I'm trying to work through some library books. I've read the ones that are physically light-weight, so what's left is the things that are longer and heavier. I think they're mostly children's books, so I'm hoping they'll be quick reads and not strain my hands. I'm giving up on more of this batch of library books than I usually would. I think I'm just less able to put up with minor irritants in the text.
At the moment, I'm trying to finish an Overdrive audiobook before my access ends. I've got 2 hours of the book left and 5 hours on the loan.
I'm just frustrated because the new laptop doesn't work well in several aspects-- Trying to get all of the icons and text to a properly readable size breaks a couple of programs I use (which is a design problem that I can't believe no one noticed), and I can't connect a CD drive without Scott finding some adapters that he's having difficulty locating (everything he buys is not what he thought it would be).
The lack of adapters made transferring my files a time consuming process. We worked from my most recent Time Machine backup (after I verified that I had a good one). It took more than 20 hours which... Well, the first estimate was 209 hours, so I guess 20 hours was better. It still meant a long time without doing much of anything.
I like the fact that the new laptop is lighter. I feel less at risk of dropping it. The difference in thickness means I need to recalibrate the height of my table again which is frustrating. I don't like the cramped keyboard because it requires having my elbows quite tight against my waist. I also can't type well if I'm wearing my heavy braces because I can't reach certain keys from home row, mostly the right hand, little finger stuff. I can't tell how many of the other typo issues are due to stress over the laptop being new to me and how many are likely to linger.
The long gap of not having my laptop very definitely let me know that my hand and wrist issues relate to using the keyboard. Using eating utensils and holding my phone and/or books are also contributing factors. I'm not sure how to balance the things I must do with the things I want to do and the things that make the pain worse.
My grandmother has passed away. She was 95. We had been expecting the word at any moment the last two weeks. There will be no funeral or memorial service. My aunt and uncle who are close, geographically, are both in very poor health, and many other relatives would have to travel a long way. Grandma wouldn't have wanted us to take the risk; when Grandpa died, she told my father that attending the funeral would be the waste of what might otherwise be a good family visit.
My father may visit Michigan again, but he also may not. I think he would like to see his brother again, and his brother could die any time (he's been waiting for double lung transplant for 2-3 years now). My father's sister passed away last November. We're still in Michigan, of course, and I know he'd like to see me and Cordelia. I just don't know if he'd try to get up to Oscoda; it's a lot further from a reasonable airport.
I'm trying to work through some library books. I've read the ones that are physically light-weight, so what's left is the things that are longer and heavier. I think they're mostly children's books, so I'm hoping they'll be quick reads and not strain my hands. I'm giving up on more of this batch of library books than I usually would. I think I'm just less able to put up with minor irritants in the text.
At the moment, I'm trying to finish an Overdrive audiobook before my access ends. I've got 2 hours of the book left and 5 hours on the loan.
