This weekend was LDS General Conference weekend. That means pretty much staying home, sitting in my easy chair watching TV. Hard to find much wrong with that! The interesting part of LDS General conference is the difference between how I see things and how Nina sees things. I come away pumped up and excited for all the things going right and Nina comes away all pumped up and excited for all the things that need to change. The stunning announcement was a change in the age at which young men and young women can apply to go on a mission. For young men the age was lowered to 18 (must have graduated from high school or the equivalent). For young women the age was lowered from 21 to 19. That’s a big and probably life-altering change for many young women.
My Dell monitor that I’ve been using for a second monitor gave up the ghost overnight. It’s been acting a bit wonky for several days and finally decided it had enough. I’ve had a Samsung monitor/tv sitting off to the side, mostly being a TV and sometimes being a monitor for an older iMac computer. I decided to press this into service as my second monitor. Only problem: I’m sure I bought the right adaptor to connect my Macbook Pro to the monitor, but it’s somewhere in a very safe place (meaning, I can’t find it). I’ll need to make a quick trip to Best Buy tomorrow on my way home from the office. Hopefully, they’ve got it in stock. More than half of my visits to Best Buy end up with me going away not finding what I needed. I’m singularly unsurprised that Best Buy is having financial problems.
I have an Apple TV that I’ve not done much with. Now that the HD TV is now directly in front of me, the Apple TV is busily engaged showing pictures from my iPhoto directory. I have Hulu Plus on the Apple TV box. Thought I’d try out a couple of TV shows. Started with Grimm. That was definitely a no-go. Suggestions for what to watch while I’m rehabilitating are welcome.
Sometime late tomorrow afternoon the surgeon’s office will call to tell me what time I need to show up at the hospital. Hope it’s early!
Ta ta for now!