So far this mean little beast has run everything I have thrown at it. I am at the limit too, where I don’t think there is anything more I intend to run on it. I may find more things, but if what I have installed so far is any clue, then I am sure I will be okay. I can do everything I could want to do while out and about, especially with regard to writing and almost everything I could want to do with my camera in hand. There is one application that needs sorting out, but I don’t think the problem is the computer. If that is the case, then I will have installed everything except photo editing software that my desktop is used for on a once a month or more basis. That is frankly enough to leave me stunned.
And to think, the next step may just be to upgrade the RAM, which it so far has not needed. So that ought to be GREAT! Just keep to BASIC functions, only a couple of apps at a time.
I spoke to grandma earlier today. She was in Ogden, Utah, and about to go out the door to head down to southern Nevada. She sounded very tired to me, and she has had a Hell of a week, so I cannot imagine they are going to make it back okay, especially as she can’t drive at night, and her husband does not drive anymore. I hope they are okay. I need to call them tomorrow to be sure. That will give them time enough to get home and to rest. Failing that, there is nothing else I can do. :-(
Speaking of driving, the boys and I saw the results of an accident today on Tolladine Road where a car had pulled out from Bradford’s onto Tolladine in front of another car. The car on the road hit the car that had just entered in the rear end and sent it, a red compact or sub, into the wall on far side of the sidewalk. It could not have been a good thing as there was engine oil all over the road, and there had also been a life flight helicopter. If you know Worcester, the drive from Bradford’s to the Royal Hospital is not worth taking a helicopter for, unless the injury is pretty bad. We never did see the cars there as they were towed away by the time we came back up the hill, but as we came up, the road was unblocked, so we could walk the scene, and it was pretty obvious what had happened. I could not tell if the road driver had hit the brakes or not as the rain prevented any skid marks. However I know it was due to the rain or the driver not hitting the brakes because there were no sideways marks from the car that got hit, spun and pitched into the wall. And the fact the car was pitched into the wall in that position is evidence of the speed, as there was no large vehicle in the wreck, which we know from what we were able to see from our trip down the hill earlier. It was an awful mess, and I do hope that everyone comes out of it okay.
It snowed for a bit today after 2 PM. That was strange, as it never happens here like it did today! Kiry and I were out in it. I felt like I was living in Colorado again. The weather was sunny just before we went out. Next thing you know, it is a blizzard of light snow coming down!