New and Improved

My little Sony laptop has been a wonderful computer, but with its solid state drive it didn't have much memory and it was mostly used up with the stupid Windows operating system.  So now I have the new and improved Sony with a slightly larger viewing screen (for age-challenged eyes).  And it's pink.  Not the candy pink in the picture above, either, but a very nice, subtle blush pink.  Yeah, I didn't buy it because it came in pink.  It was cheaper than the silver one.  Don't give me that look.  It really was.

And it still runs Windows.  Can't seem to get away from that.  I had the little Sony running Linux with pretty good success until I had to start moving files from home to work and back.  I just couldn't make it work for a number of things.  So here I am back on Windows - 8 this time around.  It's a bit confusing and a bit awkward learning a new computer, but gotta do it.  I'm teaching CORE Academy this summer and I need a computer that will run Microsoft Office. *sigh*  At least it's pink...

Meet My New Best Friend

I can't believe my last post was way back in December.  It's definitely time for an update.  So here it is.  For my three loyal readers, wherever you are...
Mom's having a great deal of trouble remembering to take her meds.  When she first moved into her apartment she was used to taking meds twice a day and was very regular in doing so.  But lately we've kept a closer watch and find that she's skipping doses, and even scarier, doubling up occasionally.  I took over filling the compartments so she couldn't tell me she'd taken them all when, in fact, she just hadn't refilled the thing.  When that didn't help, I started calling her morning and evening to remind her.  She bristled at that.  But now she's on a blood thinner, and it's important she take it properly.  Soooooo we bought her a new toy.  The dispenser we bought has an opaque cover and a LOCK.  I only have to fill it every two weeks.  When the time is up, an annoying alarm sounds and the box rotates the next set of meds into place.  All she has to do is dump them out into her hand and the box resets itself to go off the next time.  So far it is working 100%.  She doesn't hate it nearly as much as she hated me calling her.  After checking up on her a couple of times I felt like doing a little jig around the kitchen "It's working..It's working..."  At least for now she can stay independent.