Last night, my computer got tired, spent, and packed it long before I even had such a thought. It misbehaved in a way that let me know that it wasn’t going to cooperate one second more.
I suppose I’ve been pushing it over the limit. So many things these days are resouces sinks.
I don’t multitask anymore, but I often ask my computer to keep an extreme number of processes running.
Am I fooling myself? After all someone has to check in on what’s going on . . .
Today while my IT husband replaces what we think is a blown video card, I think I might spend some time offline working on my relationship with myself.
–ME “Liz” Strauss
Work with Liz!!
Hey Liz! Did something I’ve not done in quite sometime yesterday. Shut down the electronics and read a book with no distractions. No TV, no computer, no phone. Just the sound of nature. Okay, true confessions, also the beats of some cool Latino music from the folks having a party in the community room in the park behind my house. But it was lovely to convene with me for a change.
Liz… you spend way too much time microblogging and connecting with virtual realities. Your PC just gave you an opportunity to go out in the sun and feel the breeze. :)Mine does it too, sometimes. Strangely enough I hear Latino music too… like Miz Liz. I also hear the rhythm of the rain (it’s a rainy region I am living in)
What can we do? Stop living online? This is worth a thought or two. Weren’t you saying that the PC is just a tool? It scares me to imagine you in a relationship with it… It reminds me too much of a Stephen King novel…
Don’t give it too much of your soul.
Hi MizLiz! Hi Mig!
My poor machine is in the hands of another who doesn’t have a tender feeling for it. 🙂
It’s a great lesson is detachment from material things. I’m smiling at myself. 🙂
Wish I had more time — now I’ll find what was useful and what I don’t miss. 🙂
Agh, Liz, that’s a rotten thing to happen! Or maybe a good thing, disguised as the opposite. Better that the computer has a meltdown than the blogger, and you’ve got to be one of the hardest-working online. Chill. Recharge. And we’ll all take a valuable lesson from this — part of which has to do with the wisdom of acquiring an IT spouse!
Heheh, maybe it is time for an upgrade??
Or more RAM! 🙂
Hi RL!
I sure learn a bit about myself whenever something like this happens. I start watching what effect it has on what I expected the day to be. Then I give up my expectations and get the work done. Getting all weepy or cranky doesn’t make it any more fun. 🙂
Hi Dorothy,
Got lots of RAM and no upgrades needed here as far as we can see. Just an overstressed situation or a bug in the machine. Can’t tell which, doubt we’ll ever know. It’s faster now, unfortunately, I’m a bit slower. 🙂
Hiya Liz! While I haven’t fallen “victim” to a faulty computer just yet, I did manage to pry myself away for a few hours today and go for a nice long drive in the country with the hubby.
Being good to yourself is a definite must! 🙂
Sorry Liz, but if you weren’t going to take a break your computer and the Universe was going to give you one. Enjoy the break, especially if you don’t have to make any excuses for not being at your computer.
-Tabs
Hi Lin!
Yep, a long drive is a nice foil for too much time in the virtual world. Great idea! Even better that you followed it! 🙂
Hi Tabs!
Unfortunately, in the end it meant more hours at the computer just to put things right again. I think I’ll go take another nap. 🙂
OH God, this is the story of my life, the computer glitches are never ending, and yet here are I sit, night after night pushing the limits.
Hi Best!
One small move at t time might be even better than pushing ourselves beyond where our limits lie. We can only do what’s humanly possible. 🙂