thanks PBW
i've been so tempted to try making sour dough. i mostly missed the bread making trend during covid. it might be too hot to bake now though.
the laptop was pretty smashed but my dad has a backup drive that survived unscathed. he was able to copy the backup to his new laptop. the desktop seems fine but we haven't tested yet. it powered up but we didn't connected it to a monitor. i was able to help my mom set up her iPad a little more today. she has a very specific way she wants things set up. we're making forward progress every day. tonight i'm going to cook and i'll make extra for my parents so they can get a break from take out.
i also fixed the setting on my dad's iPhone so he'll stop complaining about getting multiple alerts every time he gets a text. he jumps every time anything beeps.