Games

Barb's friend got a new computer from her mother.  She writes a long email to her mother every night and her mother thought it was important that Barb's friend have the same computer as she does.  So Barb's friend was using the new computer now but she couldn't play her favourite games on the new computer because the games came on a DVD and the new computer didn't have a DVD drive.  So she asked Barb if I could help her transfer the games over to the new computer.  We went over to her house and I started working on it.  First, I couldn't get the old computer's DVD drive to open up. I wanted to transfer the exe files from the DVD to a memory stick.  I worked and worked trying to figure out some command line program to open the DVD drive.  Then after working for a half hour and being very frustrated with how slow the computer was.  Barb and her friend asked how it was going.  I told her the trouble I was having opening the DVD drive and her friend just pushed it and it opened.  I told Barb how frustrated I was that the computer was so slow.  I couldn't even scan the memory to find the files that I needed.  Barb asked why I sat there and struggled so long when I should just drive home and get Barb's computer.  I guess it is not good to be too patient.  Barb would have taken action.  So I drove home and brought back Barb's computer which has a working DVD drive and is so much faster.  Then I found out the exe files were too big to fit on my memory stick. I thought I would have to go home again and get a bigger memory stick.  Then I noticed a memory stick in her friend's new computer.  It looked like one of my bigger memory sticks which holds 128 GBs.  So I used it and the files fit.  I was able to transfer the exe files to the new computer and the games worked great.  When we got home, Barb asked me why her friend's computer was so slow and I said I noticed it had multiple virus scanners on it and they were probably conflicting with each other. I didn't want to change anything on either of her computers. I also erased the exe files from her memory stick after I tested the games on her new computer so she wouldn't notice I had used it.

Free Book

I listen to many more audiobooks than I read.  I had listened to an audiobook and written a good review on the Goodreads website I use to keep track of my books.  I guess the author's agent thought my review was good.  So he sent me a message asking me to write a review of the author's new book prior to publication.  I said sure and he sent me the ebook.  I had to read this one though.

Water Aerobics

Barb does water aerobics at the local pool. She will drive there and I will walk and meet her there.  I was watching her in the pool and it started to rain a little bit.  I moved under the shelter.  Barb didn't want to stop her aerobic workout half-way through.  She asked me to get the plastic bag she puts her bathing suit in when she gets changed after her workout.  Then she put the plastic bag on her head so the rain wouldn't ruin her hairdo.

Glasses

Barb is always losing her reading glasses and gets so frustrated.  Today, I couldn't find my glasses.  I looked all over the house.  Then Barb got up and looked in my study and saw my glasses right away on her sewing table.  I had taken them off because I don't need them to read papers.  I only need them for distance.  I was sitting at my desk and beside Barb's sewing table.  So I just laid my glasses on the sewing table out of the way and forgot about them.

More Magical Thinking

Barb got pulled over for speeding by a cop on a motorcycle.  It was an honest mistake she was making a left turn and was rushing to squeeze out in front of a car coming down the street.  The cop said she should be more careful.  It could have been a $253 ticket for doing 41 mph in a 25 mph zone.  Barb said things always happen in threes.  First, it was her tooth and now this.  So she was worried about what would happen next.

Magical Thinking

Barb's tooth cap broke off.  She thinks it is from chewing gum and flossing her teeth so much.  She said whenever you get something for free, you have to pay for something else.  I find her magical thinking somewhat unusual for someone who doesn't believe in fate.

Canadian

Barb was given a free paddle from the owner of the Engage company and he asked her if she wanted a special Canadian Engage pickleball shirt.  So Barb got a free paddle and a free Engage Canadian shirt.  She will wear the shirt when she gets back to Canada and the other players will think she is being sponsored by Engage and be very jealous.