ANother Day of Limited Computer in Book Two: The Fifteenth Year of the Third Millennium of the Common Era

So, still working on the sodding computer issues.
Got a call this morning… Dallas County wants me to come in for a 2nd interview! Hooray!
2nd Interview preferred time, for them, is in the middle of my Wife’s family vacation to the Wisconsin Dells. I’ve done the math. The drive from THERE to INTERVIEW is about 5.6 hours. So… if I HAD to… I could leave that morning at 8 am… drive… interview… and return around 10 pm. But even my wife is thinking that would be way too much driving.
I contacted their scheduling office and tentatively have the interview on July 27th (my Mom’s birthday) but.... gah! Part of me thinks, “Dammit man… if they say show up in a pink tutu on Saturday, do it because you want this job so much” but… the other part of me really hopes that it ends up working in my favor… being more of a “This applicant puts family and schedule as a priority.” Mrgh
Office Depot suggested a new laptop would be required to fix my issues :/ But new laptop or not… I need to find some way of charging my laptop to get the information I need from it. Right?