Friday, March 26, 2010 - Doctor and Drive

Recovered the furniture with sheets, finished packing up, and headed to Nashville for Hubby's "device check", a simple appointment where they determine that his defibrillator is functioning properly. Meanwhile, one of the many computer folks I had been talking to had mentioned that I could download an upgrade of my Windows 7 program, to raise it from a Home Premier to a Professional level, which apparently allowed you to use XP on the same computer, sort of off to one side. I found it on the Microsoft site, paid the $90+ and downloaded it at once, hopeful that at last, I might have found a solution, or at least gotten closer to one! We were finished quickly at the doctor's office, then took off. For once we didn't stop at our favorite Indian restaurant, we simply didn't have the time. Headed out immediately, and arrived back at the stables at about 5:30. Everybody was fine, though covered with mud from their stay in the pasture, and for some reason, large chunks of hair were falling off of Hubby's mare and leaving almost bald spots behind. I quickly got on the internet (there's a wifi at the barn) and discovered the most likely culprit, "Seasonal something or other" (I'll put that back in later), which happens when horses experience serious temperature changes during the springtime. Winter hair falls out before summer hair has a chance to come in. Considering they were in 70 temps in Texas, and here the temps had dropped into the 30's, it wasn't surprising. No reason for concern, just time, and maybe a little lotion, and she'll be good as new. Then we once again drove out with the RV to Wal-mart, having arranged to move over to the college tomorrow. Still no progress on my computer, despite numerous more tries. Arrrrrgh!