Here I am again. I could not blog for a while because I had computer problems. This is an area where my back ground (waaaaay back) was in IT and computers, but that has no bearing on knowing anything about computers now. Turns out, when you get out of it for say . . . 12 years, some things change and I've never caught up. I do know how to take the hard drive out and put a new one into my Dell laptop, but that was because I had to do it 3 times and then watched the Dell tech replace it the last time. And we the inexperienced look at the computer as it gets slower and slower and throw up our hands and swear at it (at least I do) but it has no mercy until finally it doesn't even recognize it's own hard drive. It's like a good relationship gone bad; and so bad it pretends like it doesn't even know you anymore.
That's when we have to call the dreaded Tech Support. Then we get to talk to our friends in India about our computer and they reassure us that everything will be fine and they will help us. I know that's what they said because instead of talking on the phone and saying "I'm sorry . . . what????" I made the switch to online chat with Tech Support and now I find I can understand everything they say. And they are very sorry that I had to call them and they want to make me happy again. When I am mad, as I was after the 4th hard drive and one motherboard, I ask for a supervisor because I wanted a replacement. My Indian friend was very understanding and I tried to hold the hard line, but it's very hard when they are being so respectful and nice to you. In the end, he did make me happy and sent out a replacement computer. Unfortunately two days into having it, the keyboard went bad. I know, right??? By this time I was a seasoned veteran of Tech Support so I had them make me happy again by sending a new keyboard and a technician that comes with it. But he'll only fix your computer, nothing else...I checked. He was the same tech that came with the 4th hard drive and he did give me a slightly incredulous look, like YOU AGAIN? Now, thanks to my friends in India, my computer works again and only types one letter at a time when I press a key. I think that I spoke to Tech Support so many times in the last month, I may be invited to dinner if I ever go to India, but I'm not sure.
Now that I have time on my hands, I totally enjoy spending that time with my girlfriends. I have many girlfriends, some go back thirty-mumblemumble years. Wow, it's weird to remember that long ago. I remember people saying that when I was young and I also remember thinking "they are soooo old" but time and age puts things in a different perspective, doesn't it? But girl-time is not like hanging around with any other group of people. You may, but you certainly don't have to "serve" your girlfriends. They serve themselves, they get things themselves, and best of all, they clean up after themselves . . . without even being asked (that's how they differ from kids). They are always there when you are saying "Am I crazy thinking that?" and they are saying, sometimes even in unison, "No way, you are totally NOT crazy on that" and many times a "You go girl". They love candles and incense and notice when they come into a room that you have those things going and will comment about it. When I have people stay at my house, I have special towels I will lay out on the bed, they're the ones that pull the moisture off of your body from about 2 feet away they are so absorbant. Men will say "what are these for" and throw them on the floor like you forgot to put away the laundry or something. Women oooo and ahhh because they are so plush and they ask if they should really use the "good towels", because they know that the towels have been set out just for them.
I am sitting here a little guilty for not being outside. It's lovely out, in the 50s which is warmer than it has gotten in quite some time. It came by in the brink of time, or there might have been violence at the least likely places because it's the year when winter wouldn't end. People started to say the word Snow like it was a swear word. People would remark "It's nice today, but I saw there is snow in the forecast" with a certain hush in their voice. Like saying it out loud was going to push someone over the edge into insanity. But I will be outside, there will be another day. And I do have a reason for not being outside, however lame it may be. I did not only neglect my lawn last year, which is obvious from how it looks now, my dog has decided to spread her love all over the yard and the yard is a little bit soggy to do the big poop pick-up yet and I don't especially want to see the job that is ahead quite yet.
That's all I've got for today, but it feels good to write again, I enjoy it so much. My Blog hits are up over 600 now, I'll keep writing, you all keep reading and pass it on to others! Thanks!
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