And I just fixed at least one of my problems by rebooting my computer. I'm not sure if I feel better or not, although I'm starting to laugh, so I can't be quite as annoyed as I was 5 minutes ago.
I am glad that I needed to deal with this problem on my own, and didn't have the option of going and whining to
zsquirrelboy about it. I like myself better when I'm not so dependent.