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So I get the call of the cost of my computer to be fixed. I agree and wait for a call when the process is complete.

A few minutes later I get another call that says, “My computer is complete and ready to return to the homeland”.

Surprised that the next day I could retrieve my laptop I dreamt of other possibilities.

If I wheel down there again should I look at additional purchases?

Checked the website and “Yes” they do sell refurbished computers at a price I’d not anticipated.

Morning comes and I check the messages and a friend offered a ride.

Should I ask a friend to spend time to go downtown and pick up a refurbished computer? She has other things to take up her time. I can ride my pony down as I have formally done on a nice sunny day.

Yet, I asked for a ride and she agreed to come by my abode while I’m still sweeping the dust from my eyes for an adventure into the bowels of the city.

As I still was getting out of the fog of sleep, she arrived with her sidekick. We found our way down East to what used to be the commercial center and found the ‘blue’ building.

Being as pleasant as she ever is, she said she would wait with the motor running while I rushed in, grabbed my repaired computer and rush out.

As the story goes, the computer hadn’t finished upgrading and degrading and whatever else the technicians were doing to the hard drive, so I wandered about and looked at the samples I’d seen on the website the night before and selected another laptop to become part of my Apple family.

That required additional time and cost for copying files and additional wiring.

I did go out to my rider and her sidekick to say this stop would take longer than anticipated and went to a coffee shop to file the time.

For me it was a wonderful observation of a grand-mommy interrelating with the little people that I don’t normally interact with. Plus I got to observe the college youth with their piercing, tats and colored hair-dos that are different than my neighbors.

Unfortunately the upgrades and software copying took longer than expected so I could watch through the window a grand-mommy and her sidekick exploring the sidewalks. I had invaded her time without any deadline.

Two hours later I had the now ‘two’ computer laptops and all the accessories and my ride home began. While the ride was as always pleasant, Leon was the focal point of the venture. I don’t speak children but I knew I was in the way of what he wanted.

Once bidding good-bye to my uber, I crawled back into the familiar. I stacked the two laptops but waited until tomorrow to check them out.

Instead I went to the Tummy Temple, got grub for the yard and some hydration and returned home to the trusty iPad.

Did I miss anything being off-line for hours? Not really. Did I miss any e-mails? No.

Was it worth the trip and the cost?

Enjoying the company of a friend and her sidekick was an adventure in it’s self. The traffic by the window as I waited reveled what the college community now looked like. The television displayed the March Maddest but I had not reference to the sounds. The woman who walked in to pick up her pocketbook she had left was talkative, but most were too distracted by their phones.

Now I have two refurbished laptops. Without booting up either one, I still am impressed by the customer service and the prices.

If tomorrow, nothing works, it was worth the venture.

Thank you Maggie and Leon for the ride. I have a new buddy.

You still have free lunch coming.

3/25/2023