11:39 - I log her on to zoom for her 11:40 science class and start Dana's nap routine. 11:54 - As I am leaving the nursery. I notice Domingo standing next to Nicole, they're still waiting to be let in to the zoom meeting. I run to get my phone and message the other moms to let the science teacher know Nicole is waiting. 11:57 - Other moms report back that Nicole is in, but her camera is off. Our screen still shows that she's waiting to be let in. I try restarting zoom. 11: 58 - Zoom tells me there's an error with my camera and it can't start the video without a computer restart. My computer is ancient. It's casing is cracked, and one of it's screws is currently in a Dixie cup over the mantel because it keeps falling out. (Nicole's on my computer, because the one purchased for her back in March is having a microphone problem.) I start the restart. 12:09 - First signs of life starting to emerge again from my computer. I can see the desktop, but I can't click on anything because it's still booting up. 12:13 - Computer booted up enough that I can interact with it. I open zoom, but I can't log on to zoom because it's complaining about the account being in a different domain and I need to choose whether to consolidate the accounts or create a new one. I'm frantically clicking on the "acknowledge" option so I can get Nicole back on. 12:15 (a full 36 minutes after class started) - Nicole is logged in, the science teacher admits her to class. I go downstairs feeling so incredibly frayed, only to have Nicole coming running after me that it's not working. It turned out my computer had just then finished fully booting up and was prompting me to update skype, but the prompt had taken over the full screen. 12:30 - Science class is over, it's time to go back to her regular teacher. Zoom crashed in the process.
Finally broke down and bought Nicole a new laptop.
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