Yes, well, my husband David rescued me again. He sent a spare power supply via next day delivery, so I was able to keep using the laptop on my trip.

It did come in handy yesterday, having the laptop and at least a dialup connection, because there was some community information and other stuff to look up for Mom. Also, I was able to fire off an email to the local newspaper’s circulation department to ask them to continue to put her paper on her porch, and not halfway down the driveway as they recently announced.

They put a flyer in everybody’s paper telling them that this was a great improvement, enabling the delivery person to drive by in their car and toss the papers “halfway up the driveway” instead of a pair of people walking and driving and tossing the papers more accurately onto the front stoop. Also, this innovation would result in newspapers being delivered up to half an hour earlier.

They called this “Quality Driveway Delivery.”

What this really means is my mom has to get completely dressed and go all the way out to the driveway to get her paper (which has an incline), instead of wearing her housecoat and slippers and stooping down on her front step. And frankly, I wasn’t happy about the thought of her having to go out in all weather (especially in the snow).

I wrote a couple of other emails on her behalf, and found out more information on a local land-use issue that’s been concerning her (we know the people that used to own the property – long story, next post). She seemed intrigued by the ability to look information up instantly (well, relatively instantly on dialup) and has promised to ask me to look stuff up for her after I get home.

Wouldn’t have been able to do all that without the AC adapter, so that was a huge help. And yes, it’s already securely packed in my bag.

More to do tomorrow morning – and then home to Chicago.

Yeah, I gotcher quality right here, Salt Lake Tribune.
Via: Flickr Title: Idiot forgot ac adapter By: GinnyRED57
Originally uploaded: 18 May ’06, 8.54am CDT PST