…so, I miss my Roomba. We got it several months ago and he worked great. We named him Mr. Crabs, like from Spongebob. He stopped charging. Thought it was the battery, based on charger indications so I ordered a new $50 battery. Same problem. So, I shipped it back to iRobot for a warranty exchange. Can’t wait to get a robot vacuum back. It was really nice to have.
Well, daughter1 and I went to dinner the other night. I know, I know – just the two of us! Don’t pass out… it was a really pleasant evening. We had sushi and ice cream. She never eats sushi. She actually tried some things she didn’t think she’d like. She even helps out around the house more consistently. Not a lot, but anything is an improvement. She still spends most of her time in her room watching tv or sleeping while I’m home and awake. But there’s been some invisible wall that has slowly weathered away over the last couple of months.
But, then the dad in me has to go back to being a dad. I let her try out a new kids online chat site the other day. She had some friends that use it, so I looked at it and said she could go there. Last night, I caught her chatting about rough sex stuff with some Jake kid (guy?). He was telling her he likes cuffs and whips, etc. She maintains that she wasn’t ‘cybering’, because he was just telling her what he likes, and they weren’t discussing or engaging in it online. What kind of line is that?! I haven’t done anything other than tell her that any discussion of sex practices online is wrong and will get her banned from the site and grounded from the computer.
Oh, and I have started having login problems to some sites like email. Related? Ran Ad-aware. Nothing showed.
