It\u2019s been hard to stay occupied while riding from Michigan to Florida. <\/p>\n
I\u2019m accustomed to co-piloting with the use of my GPS, which runs through my laptop. Since starting these long trips, I\u2019ve always been able to go on line, using a connection through my cellphone to my computer. But this time, with none of that to keep me busy, this trip has been longer and more boring. <\/p>\n
I had thought for sure that I could restore my old computer to the point that I could get on line with it. I hoped for the cellphone internet connection, but I quickly discovered that wasn\u2019t going to happen.<\/p>\n
I still thought I had myself covered for at least a daily check in. I\u2019d booked a business king room for the first motel (Thursday night) so it had internet. I was even successful connecting but only one time. After that I couldn\u2019t get the computer to recognize the network. Hopefully it was the motel\u2019s system problem, and not my computer. I should have used the motel\u2019s computer lounge, but I was already ready for bed when I discovered the problem, so I thought I\u2019d wait until Friday (last) night. <\/p>\n
Unfortunately last night\u2019s motel had no public terminal and subscribing for one night\u2019s T-Mobile service would have cost $9.95, which may have been wasted if making an internet connection wasn\u2019t possible, so I didn\u2019t try.<\/p>\n
Our Vonage phone (which serves us both in Florida and in Michigan) is also messed up. When my computer was dying, I had changed the setting but I did it incorrectly (that\u2019s what I get for hurrying) The way it\u2019s set up, instead of being forwarded to voice mail, when someone calls our regular phone line, they get an operator asking for the pin number. At least folks aren\u2019t leaving messages. Very few folks have our cell phone number since generally I can have our phone forwarded to our cellphone. <\/p>\n
At least I know that, as soon as I have internet access, I can fix that problem. We\u2019ll have both our Saginaw and our Florida phone lines with unlimited calling. <\/p>\n
By cellphone, I was able to contact Mom\u2019s nursing home and Mom\u2019s caregiver to give them our cell number. No one has called so I assume no news is good news.<\/p>\n
Hopefully I will be able to get on line using my old computer from the condo. If not, I can make trips to the club house until my new computer arrives mid-week. .<\/p>\n
I haven\u2019t been able to retrieve any email since Wednesday. There\u2019s no way to know if I\u2019ve missed sales contacts or not. <\/p>\n
So I\u2019m riding along. I have Word, Excel, and Lotus installed on my old computer. I\u2019m using the word processor to type this in hopes of eventually up-loading it to my blog.<\/p>\n
Fifty miles and we\u2019ll be at the Georgia\/Florida border. <\/p>\n
Hurricane Ike has really played havoc with gas prices. The lowest we\u2019ve paid has been $3.80 Thursday, but we\u2019re seeing much higher prices today in the mid $4 range. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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