Pretty shinies

[alee_grrl]

My new laptop arrived this afternoon. I've spent much of the evening getting it set up to my satisfaction. :D

It's funny how odd it can be to adjust to a different sized laptop keyboard, but it won't take long before I'm super comfortable with this one. And it's so nice to have a keyboard where all the keys work. :D I hadn't realized how much I use the arrow keys until they stopped working.

We thankfully had a break in the heat (a major break, today's high was in the 50s), which was nice. I'm mostly relieved that while it was cool the rain held off just long enough for me to enjoy a socially distant picnic with my sister and nephew who had to come up to get his stuff from the dorm. They had a three hour window to grab things this afternoon, and we managed to sneak in a short visit and lunch just before that.

I'm not someone who's super huggy or cuddly with everyone in real life (though I'm very fond of virtual hugs and affection), but with those I consider family and close friends I am and it was so weird not to be able to hug these two. But we managed even without that. :D

There was much talk of She-ra and how I need to catch up so they can gush about fic ideas and such without having to worry about spoilers. I'm only a few episodes into Season 4, so I do have a bit of catch up to do.

Hope everyone else is doing as okay as they can be right now in our crazy world. If you've got some extra money that you can spare, I encourage you to donate to Black Lives Matter, Minnesota Freedom Fund, or one of the other organizations on the ground working to affect positive change. Dylan O'Brien has shared a nice list of solid charities in this thread. Much love to you all. <3

Comments

[jpegghost]

I'm happy you had a nice picnic!

Adjusting to keyboards is sooooo hard, going through my home laptop to my work keyboard always has me typing like a dumbass early in the morning lmfao

[alee_grrl]

Oh man, mornings are hard enough without having to deal with different keyboards. Lol

[sulien]

Glad you got to visit and have a nice picnic with your sister and nephew, even though it was without hugs. Enjoy your shiny new laptop with a non-sticky, un-glitchy keyboard. :) Stay safe and well. *hugs*

[alee_grrl]

*hugs you back*

Thank you! Hope you are safe and well. <3

[amejisuto]

I hope you have fun sorting out your new computer. I still need to put my music on this one. I've been using YouTube.

Glad you had a fun socially distant picnic. Sounds like you had a great time!

[alee_grrl]

It really was lovely! I need to move my music over to this one, but for now I have pandora and youtube. :D

[calissa]

It has been a little while since you posted this. How are you adjusting to the new laptop?

[alee_grrl]

Now that I've gotten used to it I really love it.

[calissa]

Yay! It sounds like it was a good decision.

[alee_grrl]

It really was. I did finally get my old laptop working again after wiping and doing a clean install of Windows. But it's still cranky. Having a newer one has been a godsend. <3