(*well, not ALL. I had a couple people ask for extensions and I know in most cases they are in classes that also had big projects/exams so I gave them until Monday. And one student e-mailed me to ask because her cat died last afternoon and she said she hadn't had the heart to do the revisions on it, and yeah, I get it. I was momentarily afraid I might be being played - though for this student that seemed unlikely - but I said yes, that she could have an extension. I made the right call there; she got into class a bit early and came up and tearfully thanked me for letting her have the extension, and then half-wailed "she was my BABY" and yeah, I get it. I said a few consoling words to her - I know it sucks to lose a pet and have to keep going. So I feel like I did a decent thing there).
So anyway, I got home and ate and thought about doing the piano practice I slacked on this morning (I'm not taking lessons so it's not like I won't be ready, this is just for me) but then I remembered I had bought a cowl pattern and wanted to print it out because I have the right yarn for it and hey, I have a printer now.
But.....yeah. I guess if you go a little while without printing (like a week or two) the printer goes into a sulk and goes offline.
And it had done that today.
Okay, fine. Last time I remember I just unplugged and replugged it and it eventually was OK. So I tried that. But then it would. not. reconnect. to. the. wifi. I don't know. I tried everything I knew
And here's my Geriatric Gen Xer complaint about printers: I remember when you got a genuine instruction booklet with troubleshooting instructions and everything. Now you get a tiny pamphlet telling you to use their app on your phone or computer.
Except - and my other complaint - printer companies are now rackets to sell you ink, paper, and NEW PRINTERS (yes, one of the options was "you can buy a new printer for $6.99 a month"). It was very hard to find any actual help.
In the middle of this, I called my mom - we often talk on Friday nights and she expects the call around 7 and will worry if I don't call. So I was half trying to talk to her and half trying to troubleshoot through the arcane instructions on the app. At one point, I had totally uninstalled the printer, and after that I gave up.
I do have it registered with HP and was wondering if I could demand a refund and go buy some other brand. The printer is less than six months old.
But I kept fussing with it, even after hanging up with my mom, and finally I guess I reinstalled the drivers and then it got back to working
(Also along the way it was claiming that the ink cartridges were old, so I installed the new ones - I don't think the old ones were fully used up, though maybe the multicolor one was - and it acted like one of them was "dirty" )
FINALLY I got it sorted, and finally printed the cowl pattern.....at 8 pm.
Okay, piano practice isn't happening, I was still low level upset over fussing with the printer and I was tired. I've got to get back into a better schedule for doing it, though. Evening meetings and meeting with job candidates has eaten up so much of my time lately, and having to truck across campus to teach adds like an extra 20 minutes to half-hour to my day.
One other thing I sorted, though - my mom wanted to know what I wanted for my birthday and I suggested a Lykke "Pendel" yarn holder. Quixotic Fibers has them, so I passed their phone number on to my mom and she's going to see if she can order one for me. (The owner is very nice, so if my mom gets her, she'll help her over the phone, also she knows me.)
But it's been a tiring week, and the printer fiasco didn't help.
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