Yup, just as I predicted, the rest of the week was going to be marked with rainy afternoons and evenings. My sis-in-law lamented that we haven’t gone to the beach but the southwest monsoon is already upon us. 😔

I was supposed to clean out my yard by bringing my recyclables and old appliances to the junk shop but the rain kept me from doing anything of that sort. So I just brought Twin I’s PC tower to the repair shop because the power was erratic.

I thought it was a faulty power supply because not enough power was coursing through the motherboard. The technican said the motherboard may be cooked.

When he pulled out the mobo, he was flabbergasted to see how dirty it was. After some thorough cleaning, the mobo finally booted. 😮‍💨

I already cleaned the innards of that pc tower and I even opened the power supply to brush and vacuum clean it before bringing it to the shop. But I didn’t have the courage to pull out the mobo because I was scared I won’t able to put it back.

Simple cleaning = PHP 1,750 🤦🏻‍♀️

When I got home, I immediately cleaned Twin A’s pc. I don’t want to be paying so much for something I can do. I figured out a way how to clean the mobo and cooling fan without pulling these out.

Another errand that I needed to do today was to have my girls’ bikes overhauled. Our bikes had been sitting in my mom’s garage for two years since we moved here and I didn’t have the time to attend to these.

Now, I had to do it because 1) Twin I was wearing me down with her constant “Mommy, when are you going to have our bikes fixed?”; and 2) so that my girls would have something do aside from having their noses shoved against their screens while I’m away in Malaysia next week.

For two hours, they worked on the bikes—changed so many parts (including new wheels), indexed the gears, tuned them up, and cleaned all parts. I also bought new accessories like bells, headlamps and tail lights because the old ones are already shite.

I’ll have mine fixed after I get back from Malaysia. 😉