Today I had planned to work on my stuff, but I ended up cleaning and sorting other people’s stuff. My spouse volunteered to clean up a rental house for some relatives who were moving out. “We only left a few things,” they said.

Yeah, right. We spent all day over there, and we’re not finished yet.

On the bright side, they left about twenty plastic storage bins. At ten to fifteen dollars a pop, that’s worth two hundred dollars or so, money we will not have to spend to pack up our own stuff.

Also, they left two broken computers. I’ve been looking up parts online. Depending on what it will cost me to get a Windows operating system, the Toshiba laptop might be worth fixing, as replacement hard drives are fairly inexpensive for PC-based computers. Of course, I have to find out if the Toshiba will even fire up. “The charger is there with it.” Yeah, right, again. The charger that was with it was for a Canon camera and does not fit the computer. I ordered a replacement charger through Amazon a few minutes ago. It’s worth the fifteen dollar gamble. If the computer powers up, it will probably be worth replacing the defective hard drive… if that’s actually the problem. A new hard drive and updated RAM, plus the charger, will cost only a bit over a hundred dollars. Then I’ll have a short-term replacement computer for when my MacBook Pro finally stops working for good. It will be something to get me through until I can afford a new Mac… I have my eyes set on a desktop system this time… altho’ optimally with something like a small MacBook Air or Pro or maybe just an iPad for mobile purposes.

Anyway, the weekend is over and my house is more full than it was at the beginning, with twenty empty plastic storage bins and some broken computer parts now cluttering up the space… in addition to the pre-existing clutter.