post Sandy, pre-Thanksgiving

It's been a tough recovery post Sandy. Fortunately at least what I lost was a week of business and food in refrigerator and freezer. For a small place like SOY, at least it's not many digits. But as we entered the recovery week, first Taiyo got sick, then of course passed it to me. Then my laptop died. I think he was almost 7-years old. Very old for these day's laptop years. The shop announced that it's not worth reviving. Let him go. So I had to get a new computer. I walked about 10 miles total, going to a shop from another, where I received no or inadequate assistance. I went home and ordered through Amazon. Somehow I ordered expedited service (which I totally didn't realize or couldn't prove that I actually didn't order it) and the new laptop arrived promptly on Tuesday, and only after I had data transferred the shop told me that the battery was not charging. That night I get on the phone with some tech support guy with Dell in India and after an hour he concludes the battery is not good. The new one will be sent in two days. Two days later I received an email from Dell Support Team (what a team!) that Fedex couldn't deliver the package so need the address and phone number again. It was probably another not-so-bright delivery guy who thought that there was no apt number, although he should've checked with the ground floor business. Anyway, I email back and almost a day later it bounced back. Meanwhile the machine doesn't shut down but keeps restarting. I hate Window 7 and all the new software I had to update. My digital camera also decided to die, but this one is still under service plan they have to fix or replace it. I'm hoping for the latter.

This was the last picture he took at a Vietnamese restaurant on Center Street. I don't even remember the name, and food was just ok. But they were very nice to Taiyo and he also liked the food. Then to add to the strings of things I had to deal with, with the storm, the election, and my computer dying, my best friend of 20 years I hadn't spoke to for a year had to confront me and I had to tell her that I thought she was selfish and mean and she brew up on me even harder and I am assuming that she is not coming to my Thanksgiving Dinner. Sorry, but it's going to be a great one.