We suddenly are very busy — yesterday and today. This morning, I have a doctor's appointment at 8:30 a.m. in Saint-Aignan, and then we need to be down in Ligueil (south of Loches) by 10:00. I'm not sure we'll make it on time, because Ligueil is a 55-minute drive from here. We'll try not to speed.
I'm doing some typing these days, as you can see, but it's still a struggle. I guess I'd better get used to the situation. My finger will be splinted for another month, if not two! I'll see what the doctor says about it this morning.
The photos in this post show our own yard, garden, and house, not our friends' place.
Yesterday we were able to sit outside from noontime until late afternoon — we were invited for lunch by friends and had the meal around a table under a big shade tree. It was sunny and pleasant, though it was far from hot out. Welcome to summer in Saint-Aignan. It's only three months late this year. Let's hope it lasts more than a couple of days.
Hunting and pecking on the laptop keyboard is frustrating. That's what I'm doing right now. It's actually easier to type short messages like blog comments and e-mails on the Android tablet — and that's saying something! Typing on the tablet's on-screen keyboard is no fun. Maybe it's because my fingers, even the ones that aren't swollen, are just too fat. And getting the cursor to land in the right place when you want to correct an error or change the text is like trying to thread a small needle with fat twine. Sigh.
Typing on the tablet sounds familiar - just like the iPhone! The "summer" seems to have passed so quickly - the splint will be off before you know it. I hate that wretched little cursor. I have a stylus, which is a bit of help.
ReplyDeletePauline, I use a stylus with my tablet too. It does help.
DeleteI like how my iPad knows what I'm typing and all I do is hit the spacer bar and the whole word appears without typing it. It's funny how we complain about the new technologies and then adapt.
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to figure out how to try that on my Android tablet, Evelyn. I think I turned off that feature a while back and installed a different keyboard. Now I have to figure out how to put it all back.
DeleteI don't think I'd like typing on a tablet. I'm used to my fingers flying on a keyboard -- sorry you're still having to struggle!
ReplyDeleteMe too, Judy. I learned what was called "touch typing" when I was in high school about ... ahem ... 50 years ago. Later, when you were in Paris, and I was too, I even learned to touch-type on the French keyboard of a little manual typewriter (every country has its own special keyboard layout). I was more adaptable back then. But the main problem with the "tactile" tablet's on-screen keyboard seems to be that my fingers are just too fat.
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