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Retrograde Woes Continue

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

Yesterday morning my connectivity woes continued. I was able to access my high speed on my desktop, but when I went to my laptop, nothing. It offered me the choice of 4 wireless networks–none of which were mine. Some of those networks were so far away, there was hardly any green on the status bars, but it couldn’t pick up the router 30 feet away.

Since I want all my email on my laptop computer, I had to use dial up to get it. Big sigh. At least I was able to do everything else on the desktop, but it was so frustrating. I rebooted the desktop before I left for work and hoped it would all work when I got home–just like it did on Monday–and sure enough, it did. This morning–so far so good.

It has to be that damn Mercury being in retrograde. I’ve never had this problem before, but shortly after this Mercury thing starts, it happens two days in a row? Normally, I don’t have big retrograde issues and never anything with the computer–until now.

I finished copy edits. I think. The CE suggested I maybe add a thought to the end of the book. I tried that, but the problem is that I run on and don’t know when to quit, and once I start explaining, I can go on forever. So I decided I better stick with what I have, although I’ll keep it in mind and see if an epiphany doesn’t strike before I have to mail it back. Anyway, I’m going to read through one more time and try to watch for repeated words. I have a little problem with that and I honestly don’t see them no matter how closely I watch.

Monday I received my first magazine from the garden club I joined and one of the ads was for a red amaryllis. It looked so cool, much better than a poinsettia. Maybe that’s because my mom always had at least one every year and so I think those plants are common and boring. But a red amaryllis…. Sigh. I’m so tempted, but it’s a sissy flower and I’d have to keep it inside.

Coming Out of Retrograde

Tuesday, March 6th, 2007

Mercury is in retrograde right now. I’d never heard this, let alone knew what it meant, until maybe five years ago or so. There was some communication misunderstanding and someone mentioned the Mercury thing. Ever since then, whenever there’s misunderstandings, lost email, missed telephone calls, etc., I check to see if the planet is in a retrograde period, and you know what? Nine times out of ten, it is!

We’ve got another day or two, I think, till this period of retrograde ends. I’m hoping that makes it easier on my poor computers. The POS laptop that I keep at work is having all kinds of problems. I brought it home last night to do some upgrades and updates and it’s just a mess. But since it’s still better than hauling the laptop I use at home back and forth, I’ll have to fix it up, baby it along, and hope for the best.

Speaking of the home laptop, this thing has gotten slow. I know it’s because it’s over 2 years old and it’s time to wipe the drives, reload the software and start fresh. But not only don’t I have the time to do that, I don’t want to! It’s a lot of work. A lot. I did it on my desktop a few years ago and I never did get everything reloaded, and at this point, I’m figuring those files can’t be that important anyway. :-)

And of course, I’ve been waiting to replace the desktop for more than a year. I’m just waiting for Vista Service Pack 1 to be issued by MS to fix the bugs and I’ll begin the hunt. This has nothing to do with Mercury and is no doubt my imagination, but I’ve been using this computer a lot more since it’s the only one with high-speed internet and it seems painfully slow. Of course, I’ve loaded more software on that thing too since hooking it up to the internet autobahn. :-)

Anyway, every computer I own is having some kind of issue right now that’s making me more insane than usual. I’m counting the hours until we’re clear of this planetary situation and hoping that helps the electronic equipment. :-)


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