LIFES LITTLE ANNOYANCES

I should have had a fair indication that the day would be less than smooth when exiting from my bed and the bedroom, the doorknob came off in my hand. So I laid the knob aside and used the knob holder to leave the room.

Waddling off to the living room I turn the television on and found that the PBS channel I had watched last night was showing a documentary on the life of Hitler and the news was talking to a guest who had written a book about D.B. Cooper. Local news is telling that the Gov has just signed in the new law approving the Dream Act.

OK, so I made my way to the kitchen where I successfully started the coffee. No problems there. Left the kitchen to boot up the computer and for the third time this week, couldn’t get on line. Having been through this twice already this week, picked up the telephone and sure enough, no dial tone, but the modem indicates I am on line?

What the Hell is going on with my computer. OK, so maybe I haven’t defragged in awhile….and started that procedure. Now I am able to get on line and the phone is working. All right, now I’m cooking. I’ve had notices that I need more CPUs’ and decided that was more than likely the problem. Searched for information on increasing CPUs’ and the first site was Microsoft.

Microsoft site says that CPU usage may reach 100% if the web is accessed multiple times from standby. Guess that means that I should shut it down more than once a day. I’ll give that a shot before getting into a more complicated (and expensive) action. I am using Microsoft XP; it may be time to think of a new computer. This one is five years old.

Well, I’m on my 3rd cup of Folgers, but I’m still having a bad hair day, wondering when we are going to be involved in the Syrian uprising, how low will the market drop on Monday (not that I have any stocks), need to do more weeding and watering, should do laundry, but think I’ll just stay on the computer and finish editing my episode of Gerdas’ Recovery and get it read to mail to a short story magazine on Monday.

I went to the PO yesterday to mail Gerda Goes to Broadway and Gerda and the Accountant….but after walking five or six blocks to get to it, the Post Office was closed due to the Decatur Celebration and most of the streets were roped off. Whaaattt? It’s a Federal Building. I’m surprised that the city can close it on a business day.

What are we celebrating? A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed yesterday during a robbery on the street. A woman and her daughter were killed on Gravel Pit Road, and a third woman was seriously injured in a domestic home invasion. The city budget is coming up short, the schools are all needing help, as well as the students who can’t afford the normal school supplies, and the unemployment rate is at 9.8.

I’m going to make some toast with blackberry jam and finish my editing. There only room for improvement on this day:)