here<\/a>, which is one of the many geeky sites I had to refer to to figure this out.<\/p>\nAs of this writing, I’ve installed Windows XP (circa 2002, meaning once you get it going, it has to download a billion updates), plus the Service Pack 2 from a CD I have. Then I configured the machine back onto our home wireless network so I can start downloading the anti-virus software — the culprit that got me in trouble in the first place!<\/p>\n
So it’s downloading…we’ll see from there.<\/p>\n
IN THE MEANTIME — <\/p>\n
I got to bed about 12:30am last night after I got the laptop to start formatting the hard drive. I’ve done worse when faced with rebuilding our computers, so I was pleased with that. <\/p>\n
2:09am: Jake comes to my room to tell me he got sick. All those cinnamon rolls. Why did I let him have 3??? At least his barf smelled like cinnamon — really, it did.<\/p>\n
2:12am: I’m hauling my Bissel Green Machine upstairs to clean up the mess. I’ll give Jake credit: he leaned over and made his mess on the floor, his bed was fine! There’s a couple spots on the SIDE of the bed, which I’m dealing with today, but things were good enough that he could go back to sleep right away. <\/p>\n
2:32am: By the time I’m done with all this, Jake had gone back to sleep. Phew!<\/p>\n
2:36am: Back in bed. Hard to sleep with computer problems and a sick son on my mind.<\/p>\n
6:50am: Timmy’s poking my face to tell me he’s awake.<\/p>\n
Jake mainly has an upset stomach, with no other symptoms of illness. He’s staying home from preschool today, tomorrow’s pajama day, so he don’t want to miss that!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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