dead lappy

pissed - bummed - frustrated. the lappy won't turn on, an old 600M running XP but still perfectly functional and all that. trying to sort out the problem but man it puts a crimp in a whole bunch of stuff. I've been pretty good at backing it up, but not in the last couple weeks. But at least I think it is more power than HD so i'm not worried about the data - just frustrated not to have a computer at home. And yeah, it is our only 'puter at home. There is an old win98 box but i'm not sure if it still works. It hasn't been turned on since we packed up and left MI.

Zero riding this weekend. Stayed up late to watch the wings both nights. Awesome games even though the Wings were getting it taken to them for a couple long stretches in both games. Good to at least sort of reconnect with that period of life, even if through a hockey game on TV. Helped my bro put some more rows in the big garden... it is slowly filling out, way to slow for a huge crop, but he has started a good bit of everything in flats already.

Bought the oldest a birthday present. Picked up a used Fuji 24" girls MTB for her. Fits great. Good price, and her first geared no coaster brake bike. Took her a few trips to figure it out. Gonna be tough for her to shift between 1 and 2 on the left side, but she was flying back between 1 and 7 before deciding that she likes 3, 4, and 5 the best. Oh best part. She went over to the park to ride around on the grass, rode back and said it was too bumpy over there. Now this bike has a fancy (not) front fork. But the tires had 30-40 psi in them. She's maybe 60-70 pounds soaking wet, so I let some air out, down to cross levels (~10 pounds in those fat 24" mtb tires) and she like the ride. I'm not worried about her curbing it and all that, she's still pretty timid (fine with me). She was racing around the "track" at the playground, ran outside after overcooking a turn and headed back on the track, the low pressure in the tires helped he get back on to the asphalt w/o bouncing her off, and she was grinning and grinning. She can't wait for camp to start so she can ride down there every day!