It has been a funny week, I've been a bit down, and have also had computer problems. Those on the desk top pc which had registry issues have been sorted. I took the laptop for a free tune up today, but I'm having internet connection problems with certain programmes. I don't see how it can be the internet connection itself when the Mail opens, and Its your Turn, they obviously both need internet connections to open.
Last Tuesday morning I was hanging out in the chaplain's office where Larry was giving us an impromptu advisory/training session. I was a bit pushed to get to the Senior Centre for my afternoon stint on the front desk, and decided it was time to call it a day on this job, I will look around for some other way to help out there. I broke the news to Kate when I got there and told her I needed to leave a little bit early, I had booked up for an ipad class at the local technical college.
Rosalyn and I both went to the ipad class and it was very good indeed. The young lady leading it was friendly, enthusiastic and knowledgeable , there were only six of us in the class so she was able to deal with our individual queries. At the moment I am transferring all my address book information to the contacts, and making all my reminders and 'to do' lists on it. I like that it will take a SIM card, but as most places these days have wireless connection I am not sure yet about signing up for the monthly subscription. The next thing to do is explore further its camera and photo storing abilities.
The class was held over two evenings on Tuesday and Wednesday.
On Thursday morning I collected the Kiwanis donuts for the last time for a little while as another member has just retired and stepped up to take a turn.
The Kiwanis speaker was someone I know from Sustainable Shawnee, and we were pleased to see each other. She gave an interesting talk on recycling - not a subject I would have thought would be interesting, but she engaged us all. She told us how she and another tree hugging friend from California started Sustainable Shawnee. She is very hopeful that we will soon have our recycling picked up at the kerbside, it is something Sustainable Shawnee have been fighting the City for, for some time. I did make the point that it is not easy for little old ladies, like myself, to push our wheelie bins down to the kerb for collection, I wasn't sure I'd welcome a second bin. It was suggested I ask a neighbour, or if I really can't do it, the guys will always come and get it.
I've liked watching all the celebrations for the Royal baby, the scenes from Trafalgar Square and outside the Palace. I read somewhere that Prince Harry said he was going to show the prince how to have fun. My first reaction was "God forbid, do we really need another member of the Royal Family cavorting naked around Las Vegas". The second reaction was to wonder why he didn't think the child's parents weren't perfectly capable of showing him how to have fun. And it would be a lot more wholesome.
I was never a fan of Princess Diana but I think in the past week I felt more compassion for her than I ever had in the past. Seeing the happy young couple, leaving hospital with their baby to spend time with Kate's stable, supportive family, one couldn't help thinking of Diana who never had any of that.
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