An Adventure
Not that everyday isn't an adventure, but Thursday was a little more so because I ventured off on my own to find Barnes and Noble at the Mall of Georgia, not to be confused with the Mall of America, though it is huge. Of course, that trip happened after emptying some boxes and bins, creating more mess than was reasonable. The old saying, "A Place for everything, and everything in its place" certainly sounds good. Let me tell you; it doesn't matter how much was thrown out, sold or given away, moving from a three bedroom with basement, garage and storage shed to a two bedroom apartment with big closets does not bode well for following the maxim. Too much everything and not enough place stops progress every once in a while.
I decided that since my Nook charger was missing, I would go buy a new one and ask them about a couple of quirks with my Nook that I didn't like. Using my Google search, I found the nearest Barnes and Noble and looked at the directions, but I didn't like them because they put me on the freeway, and I am trying to acclimatize slowly. So I remembered that the local road crosses a connector to the Buford Road, which I wanted to take up to the mall. I turned out my driveway and waited to cross that highway, but it didn't come up. Soon I was at the main road I know from all the prior visits. Figuring that if I turned left I would eventually encounter the desired Buford Road, I proceeded and indeed did find it several miles down the pike. I recognized it as being the way from Beth's house to Mall of Georgia, so off I went. I always figure mistakes that teach you something are really valuable, perhaps more so than doing it right the first time. By the way the road I was looking for was on the other main drag near the apartment.
Barnes and Noble provided the exciting part of the day! I stepped up to tell them my tale of woe about the Nook freezing up and to ask for a charger replacement. The young man was accommodating and asked about the troubles. Once I explained, he asked if it was under warranty which it was, so he proposed checking to see if it had the right software, and suggested that perhaps they would just switch out the device. As he tried to turn it on, he encountered the problem and in checking my account noted that I had complained before, so he immediately called the manager and swapped it out, downloading all my old files. I did help his sales for the day by purchasing a new cover on sale. So I did not buy the $19.99 charger and did buy a new cover for $14.99, thus saving $5.00 and came away with a new Nook. :-) I drove directly home with no side trips.
Finally, Beth and Bill came over and helped me finish setting up Wi-Fi and all the computer stuff and to get the washer and dryer hooked up. The computer system went well. The dryer - not so much. The venting and those ridiculous snake like pipes proved too much. Bill poked and prodded and turned the dryer upside down to try to access the interior and get the internal part hooked up. Before we were done all of us had our hands in the dryer and as soon as one end was fastened the other would come off. A little research showed Bill that the original piece was a single straight metal piece. It had to be changed in Beth's apartment, and the original piece got lost. So it will have to be ordered, and I now have an upside-down dryer in my laundry/pantry closet. It's a good thing I have a lot of clean underwear.
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