Trivia: “Pretty Woman“  premiered in movie theaters thirty years ago today (per a tidbit of information on TV). “No,” that picture isn’t Julia Roberts; “yes,” that is Lorraine and her luggable computer, thirty years ago.

“The old lady”  enjoyed an old-fashioned sentimental movie on PBS. After hours (and hours) on the computer, it was relaxing to “glide” in my easy chair and watch Little Women on PBS.

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Click to enlarge the image for a better view.

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…and I believe it.

Remember the problem I had uploading pictures from my Canon camera to Picasa? Belatedly (too late wise), I figured out I could take the “smart card” out of the camera, insert it into the “old” laptop computer and upload pictures that way. Now the reader can see a camera image of the download from Carbonite to my new Dell desktop computer.

I’m spending hours, on the computer, tending the “tree” a cousin sent me.

“The old lady”  is depressed! A magnifying glass is needed if I want to read something, and needed for many steps related to blog preparation. Also, I must depend upon a magnifying glass for most endeavors on Ancestry.com. I was scheduled for cataract surgery (in January) while I was still living in Livingston. With my move to Waco, rapidly disappearing vision and don’t know where to go for treatment. (I hate the traffic here.) Yes, I know about using the keys “control plus +-sign” to enlarge the image on the screen but then a portion of the message disappears on the right side of the screen. (I love, love, love the large screen with the new Dell desktop computer.)

I suspect every individual in the world is depressed. Every news report on television is overloaded with details about the Coronavirus pandemic.

It won’t be long until the three-month anniversary in my new home in Waco. I am so frustrated because I can’t find half the things I want or need. With “isolation” I question when I’ll have a helper to rearrange the storage unit. I wish I could put my hands on my defuser and essential oils. When I go shopping(?) I will buy a new defuser and essential oils so I can enjoy the pleasant scent. (My new home smells like “pee” and that elevates my depression. An odor I inherited with my purchase.)

There are so many tasks on my “to do” list and nothing is getting done. I come to the computer for comfort; I “climb the family tree” because it takes my mind off all the things that beg for attention. I search “clip art” for “just the right image.”

The “download” from Carbonite (cloud) to my new desktop computer is at twenty-one percent: Nineteen point three (19.3) gigabytes download of ninety point five gigabytes (90.5).

Just a comment for the reader of this blog message: This is my “journal” and this is the way I’m feeling at 9:30 on a Saturday morning. Two weeks ago, at this time, twenty-plus residents were enjoying breakfast in the Activity Center. Breakfast has been canceled.

Notice the words “A few days”  under the percent of download done. Meanwhile, I’m working on the two laptops (simultaneously) with the “tree” I uploaded a couple of days ago.

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Ten percent at eight PM. At this rate, it will require eight more days to download from Carbonite to my Dell desktop computer. Unbelievable?!

I’m starting this message at three o’clock–after a one-hour conversation with a man I’ve labeled “Saint Chad.”  Earlier today I received an email “alert” that my Carbonite subscription had expired. (Expired today.) I was requested to call a certain phone number to renew. I am so extremely appreciative of Chad’s “customer service.” (I’ve encountered such nasty people [lately] with DISH TV and Hughes Internet.) Because my Carbonite subscription had expired, it had to be reinstalled. During our conversation, I commented that I have a new Dell desktop computer that will eventually have Carbonite. Chad guided me through several steps and “we” transferred the files from the old laptop. (I procrastinated moving the files via Laplink because I am still intimidated by Windows-10.)

I’m preparing this blog message on the old Asus laptop computer while watching “Carbonite Restore Manager” on the monitor for the desktop computer. Obviously, it will take hours for the download from the cloud to my computer because still at 0% (after half-an-hour).

“Showers of blessing”  because this experience was made in Heaven! Let me recount the details: 1) I went to bed about 9:00 last night; 2) suddenly got up because I had the thought to charge my cell phone. (Remember the problems I’ve been having because my “old” flip-phone doesn’t hold a charge very long? Today, communication with Chad would have been cut short.) 3) Carbonite was not automatically renewed so I enjoyed the thoughtful considerate assistance of a “technician” who didn’t transfer my call to another department. He facilitated the renewal. (Still at 0% after forty-five minutes and “yes” there is a massive amount of information.)  4) What a joy to see hundreds of pictures scroll by on “Carbonite Restore Manager.” 5) “This old lady”  treated with respect by “Saint Chad.”

Four PM as I publish this post and 0% transferred. It’s “working” and I’m patient.