You are about to read how my computer broke last week. Hold on tight. It is going to be a bumpy ride. I have so much to say, and I had nowhere to type it!

I knew it was coming. I could feel it in my bones. My fabulous pieced-together junk computer could open four programs and jump from window to window; no lag was ever evident. I could play The Sims 4 with graphics on high and have four babies with no lag in sight.

My desktop computer was my lifeline to help lessen my pain and to all my friends and family. I knew it was coming. I didn't know when. I had faith in my hard-working computer to give me a sign before she gave it up for ghost.

A windfall came to my son and me from me playing Gods Unchained for hours unending. I needed a new tablet because the one I had gotten for traveling down to see my Mom and back had died…but I didn't want it to die, so I watched a video and performed the surgery.

With a screwdriver in hand, I cracked the spine of that old tablet and peeked inside. Lucky for me, the guts of my tablet looked just like the one in the video. Grabbing my tweezers and my best tiny seeing glasses, I unplugged the brain and replugged it in.

I said a prayer to the… Okay, I never said a blessing because there was no chance that what I did would work. I had no idea what I had done other than to follow some man's hands and voice repeatedly to plug and unplug a computer's brain.

I now needed to put the case back together again, which should have been easy, but it was not! Putting tablet cases that should always remain sealed is harder to get back together than they are to open up. Who knew?

Once all back in one solid piece, except for the part I had backward and broke some plastic off so it would fit, only to realize… backward…so I rectified that. I turned the tablet on, and what do you know, she booted right up! I could not believe my eyes.

One would now think that with my big computer broken and my old backup laptop deciding to die on the very same day as the big Mamma one, I would use my old tablet until my guy has time to fix my desktop and make her better than ever before, lets hope.

I could not do that because I left that old tablet down by my Mom's when I was there last year for four months, helping her recover from her second broken leg.

Come to find out; my Mother is addicted to playing Solitaire. Never in the mornings but all night, every night, she plays her cards on her phone and then wonders why the battery is going down so fast. Part of the reason is her forty tabs open, and the second part is her cards. She is never happier than when she wins, and the music goes off with fireworks.

I noticed she had to wait for the advertisements to play between games. It's a simple App, so I looked into what it would cost to get it so there were no ads. I think it came out to 4.99 USD. I could handle that, but I didn't want to put it on her phone in case she gets a new one.

I ended up putting her cards on my old tablet. It gave her a more extensive screen, also. This way, she would not strain her eyes every night. When I finally got to come home, I left my old tablet with Mom because right before heading down to Florida, I had bought a new iPad Pro. Thank you, cryptocurrency and games!

I think I had the iPad for a week before I had to pack up in less than twenty-four hours and fly down to Florida. I used the iPad to check the battery percentage, and if it were below 50%, I would plug it into the charger. So yeah...No FREAKING clue how to use the only electronic with a screen I can mostly see. I must wear my reading glasses, but that is another story for another day.

You might wonder what the big deal would be to go ten to fourteen days without a computer. Honest, it wouldn't, except when the pain gets so bad or I can not think because of the terrible brain fog I get. The computer gives me something to do and keeps my mind engaged enough that I can go into a meditative state. Computers help me take less pain medication, and occasionally, I write pretty cool stories too.

I have had to download more Apps than I care ever to do again. I had to find more passwords than I had time and patience for. I had to figure out how to get back on Hive. I thought I knew where my keys were, all safe and happy. It turns out they are keys that no longer work on Hive. I did not care to go back to where they do work!

I tried watching TV, but it was late at night, and I think my ear infection is back because Hubby said I woke him up from having the TV too loud! If you know, you know how funny this is!

To write this post, I had to download another app and find more passwords so you could understand what I was writing, and now my battery is at 25%! How much time do I have at 25%? No Flipping clue!

I am having a crash course on how to use an iPad. Do I have all my keys, passwords, and what I had for dinner written down?

I am hoping this coming week to get my desktop computer back. I will be delighted when I do not squint to read a screen. Plus, I miss playing The Sims 4! I am hoping that my computer guy will be able to recover the whole hard drive, and I know he is, too; if he can not @Brisby will have to start all over having more babies!

Now try number two to see if I can copy what I wrote into a post on Hive.