Well, this is odd.

I am updating from Daniel's computer, which is currently in my living room. It's kind of a long story, but basically we needed both a good computer and internet access at the same time, of which each of us only had one - so we decided to share. Then the thing that we needed them for turned out to be way more difficult than expected and we realised that we would have to continue tomorrow, but he didn't want to carry the computer all the way back just for one night. Hence I've suddenly got one night and one morning of access to a decent computer. Huh.

I can't find a comfortable position to sit in anymore because he also decided to bring his monitor for some reason, which is now standing next to mine at an impractical angle. The computer as well as the legs of my table get in the way of sitting directly in front of it, so ... this isn't going to be very pleasant. Of course I don't have a profile on the thing anymore, either. He had to reinstall Windows at some point after I left, I believe ...

It would be great if I could use the time to hang out on YouTube or something like that to fully take advantage of the situation, but I'm afraid I will barely manage to find and transfer some of my old files to my USB stick before various body parts start to hurt too much.

Not that I mind, really. This is still a cool opportunity. Not all of my files are even on his computer right now (also a long story), but they wouldn't fit on my wee little harddrive, anyway. At least I should be able to find the photos that I've been meaning to show you for half a year. :|

So.

I found the photos, but not much else that will be of use. However, I did manage to get at least slightly more comfortable, and then I even found a way around the ~difficulties~ I had mentioned.

What we'd been doing was to try and create a photo book for Timo, as a Christmas present. I'd seen an ad for those about two or three weeks ago and figured it would be perfect for our situation: we wanted to send him something that would remind him of us, something that was thoughtful and yet fun. He loves looking at baby pictures of himself, so that's the fun part taken care of. Ordering a photo book online seemed easier than putting together an album from individually printed pictures, plus I find the idea of your own face being in a proper book pretty cool. Suggesting it to Daniel took some time thanks to the whole, you know, thing that happened that one night; then we had to wait for my mother to find out if she could contribute additional pictures (which she couldn't, alas); then I couldn't get Daniel on the phone for several days and when we finally wanted to get together and do it, my internet went down for over 12 hours. No kidding. So we were kind of in a hurry today and when I realised that it was not as easy as I'd thought ... oh boy.

We wasted quite a lot of time trying to get our heads around that software, let me tell you. I wish it had occured to me sooner that maybe we should simply attempt to find another company offering the same service in the same price range, to check if their software was any better. That's what I just did, and I got lucky, too. I know exactly what to do now and have already prepared the file for tomorrow, so we should be able finish it in no time. It'll be quite cheap as well, especially for two people splitting costs! The only question left is whether it'll arrive in time for us to send it on to where Timo lives now before Christmas comes around. Or maybe arrange for it to get there otherwise, IDK. It's not that far away ...?

Phew. For today I've done all that I could, so I get to relax now. Or rather eat something and finally collapse into bed, because I didn't sleep last night. In the morning (or whenever I wake up) I might even screw around with these two computers some more, who knows.