School

Blackstone is not going to lower their out-of-state school fee. It's $10,000 per year. And we can't afford that. Even if we could, it would be an insane expenditure - college tuition for first grade? $10,000 would be a large chunk of a down payment on a new house in a better school district!

I'm afraid that we'll have no choice but to send Sebastian to parochial school for a year or two. The prospect leaves me very uncomfortable. Will he be religiously indoctrinated? That's what I fear.

I'll just have to do what I can to get us out of Woonsocket and into a decent school district as quickly as possible.

I'm extremely angry and unhappy about all this, but I'm too worn out to emote.

School

Blackstone is not going to lower their out-of-state school fee. It's $10,000 per year. And we can't afford that. Even if we could, it would be an insane expenditure - college tuition for first grade? $10,000 would be a large chunk of a down payment on a new house in a better school district!

I'm afraid that we'll have no choice but to send Sebastian to parochial school for a year or two. The prospect leaves me very uncomfortable. Will he be religiously indoctrinated? That's what I fear.

I'll just have to do what I can to get us out of Woonsocket and into a decent school district as quickly as possible.

I'm extremely angry and unhappy about all this, but I'm too worn out to emote.

Big problems - reinstalling Windows?

My computer is dying even more quickly than I expected. The mouse is now failing more than half the time. When I unplug it and plug it back in, I get an error message telling me that Windows can't recognize this strange USB device. Software is failing without explanation or warning.

I've backed up a lot of stuff - this will not kill me. And I'm working on backing up the few remaining key files (like pictures and video). But I need to figure out what to do next. Should I reinstall Windows? I think I can dig up the original installation disk. Do I need to reformat my hard drive first? That prospect worries me a lot, because there's data I'd definitely lose - not critical data, but useful stuff.

Any suggestions or advice?

Big problems - reinstalling Windows?

My computer is dying even more quickly than I expected. The mouse is now failing more than half the time. When I unplug it and plug it back in, I get an error message telling me that Windows can't recognize this strange USB device. Software is failing without explanation or warning.

I've backed up a lot of stuff - this will not kill me. And I'm working on backing up the few remaining key files (like pictures and video). But I need to figure out what to do next. Should I reinstall Windows? I think I can dig up the original installation disk. Do I need to reformat my hard drive first? That prospect worries me a lot, because there's data I'd definitely lose - not critical data, but useful stuff.

Any suggestions or advice?