Well, today SUCKED
For the most part, I did not have a good St. Patrick's Day. I had a crappy night's sleep - this on a new memory foam mattress topper WTH? - falling asleep at 12, then waking up at 6, 7, 8, and giving up at 9. Took a small nap from 11:30-1:30 because I had to. Been up and cranky the rest of the day.
Too bad we don't have any beer... that might help the cranky.
Had the internet on my computer DIE a sudden death. After yelling at Sis to reset the modem (which she politely refused to do until I screamed at her - sorry Sis), it still wasn't working. I tried everything I knew how to do: reset the network connection, disable/enable the network adapter, turn off/on the computer. EVERYTHING. Nothing worked. So, finally, I resorted to calling AT&T tech support, praying that I wouldn't get someone overseas. I have no idea if he was local, but he figured out my problem. The cat had stepped on just the right combo of keys that are a shortcut to turn off the network connection. Turns out, on a Dell laptop, you can hit Fn + F2 and toggle your internet connection on or off. Huh. I had no idea. Never worked on my older Dell laptops. Neither did the hibernate shortcut (Fn Esc), but that works, too. AWESOME. Now, instead of waiting forever for the thing to power down, it takes just seconds! Yay! I did end up apologizing to the sister for weirding out on her. I blame it on the bad sleep. She forgave me, grudgingly.
Can you tell that the meds aren't really working right now? I CAN. Ugh. At least it's only a week or so until I see the pshrink again and he can fix me (hopefully). It's not helping that my headaches haven't gotten better since the last time I saw the neurologist, either. Still painful, the lidocaine patches aren't helping, and there are still knots under my eyebrows at the injection sites. That's not supposed to still be there three weeks out, I don't think. At least I'm seeing her tomorrow, so she can maybe straighten me out.
Have to take a bath in a little while and get all nice and clean for my appointment tomorrow. I'm having to take Mom to work and then take the car up to see the Doc. I wish I had enough time to go to the park, but I don't have quite enough. I did, however, take a short walk today to the mailbox (it's one of those communal box groups in a subdivision so the post office workers can be lazy increase productivity or some shit like that). It was a perfectly blue sunny day. No clouds, a little wind, and a temp of about 68. BEAUTIFUL. I just wish I had thought to bring my camera. Maybe tomorrow.
I'm waiting on my books to arrive. MORE BOOKS. Yes. I'm loving having presents come in the mail. I finally finished The Time Quartet by Madeliene L'Engle. A Wrinkle in Time was as good as I remembered, and even better now that I have a larger vocabulary, an even better imagination, and a better working concept of the space/time continuum (thanks Star Trek!). I was finally able to get into both A Wind in the Door and A Swiftly Tilting Planet. The time jumps in Planet were quite interesting, and compounded L'Engle's theme of one tiny thing makes a huge difference to the universe. However, there was one drawback to this collection. They were put in the order they were published in. Which is all fine and dandy, but it screws with the chronology of the books. The first two (Wrinkle, Door) are set within a year of one another. Planet was set about 10 years into the future from those books. The final book in the series, Many Waters, is actually set between the others, about 5 years from Door. This really threw me for a loop, as I had finally gotten used to the characters being lots older by the time I finished Planet. Not only that, but the first three are mainly focused on the sister Meg Murray, and her youngest brother, Charles Wallace. The last one (Waters) is primarily focused on the middle kids, the twins Sandy and Dennys Murray. I honestly, couldn't get through the last book. I really didn't care at all what happened to the twins, who, in the other three books, were secondary characters only minimally useful if at all. Overall: B-. I'm starting on my Vonnegut collection tonight - Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse 5, and Breakfast of Champions. I'm intrigued and hope I enjoy them. I'll let y'all know.
Oh, HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY! To everyone who is celebrating. Next year I'll come up with some better cheer. Then again, they closed down Bennigan's and I have no idea where local Irish flavor is to be had. Hmm.
Too bad we don't have any beer... that might help the cranky.
Had the internet on my computer DIE a sudden death. After yelling at Sis to reset the modem (which she politely refused to do until I screamed at her - sorry Sis), it still wasn't working. I tried everything I knew how to do: reset the network connection, disable/enable the network adapter, turn off/on the computer. EVERYTHING. Nothing worked. So, finally, I resorted to calling AT&T tech support, praying that I wouldn't get someone overseas. I have no idea if he was local, but he figured out my problem. The cat had stepped on just the right combo of keys that are a shortcut to turn off the network connection. Turns out, on a Dell laptop, you can hit Fn + F2 and toggle your internet connection on or off. Huh. I had no idea. Never worked on my older Dell laptops. Neither did the hibernate shortcut (Fn Esc), but that works, too. AWESOME. Now, instead of waiting forever for the thing to power down, it takes just seconds! Yay! I did end up apologizing to the sister for weirding out on her. I blame it on the bad sleep. She forgave me, grudgingly.
Can you tell that the meds aren't really working right now? I CAN. Ugh. At least it's only a week or so until I see the pshrink again and he can fix me (hopefully). It's not helping that my headaches haven't gotten better since the last time I saw the neurologist, either. Still painful, the lidocaine patches aren't helping, and there are still knots under my eyebrows at the injection sites. That's not supposed to still be there three weeks out, I don't think. At least I'm seeing her tomorrow, so she can maybe straighten me out.
Have to take a bath in a little while and get all nice and clean for my appointment tomorrow. I'm having to take Mom to work and then take the car up to see the Doc. I wish I had enough time to go to the park, but I don't have quite enough. I did, however, take a short walk today to the mailbox (it's one of those communal box groups in a subdivision so the post office workers can be lazy increase productivity or some shit like that). It was a perfectly blue sunny day. No clouds, a little wind, and a temp of about 68. BEAUTIFUL. I just wish I had thought to bring my camera. Maybe tomorrow.
I'm waiting on my books to arrive. MORE BOOKS. Yes. I'm loving having presents come in the mail. I finally finished The Time Quartet by Madeliene L'Engle. A Wrinkle in Time was as good as I remembered, and even better now that I have a larger vocabulary, an even better imagination, and a better working concept of the space/time continuum (thanks Star Trek!). I was finally able to get into both A Wind in the Door and A Swiftly Tilting Planet. The time jumps in Planet were quite interesting, and compounded L'Engle's theme of one tiny thing makes a huge difference to the universe. However, there was one drawback to this collection. They were put in the order they were published in. Which is all fine and dandy, but it screws with the chronology of the books. The first two (Wrinkle, Door) are set within a year of one another. Planet was set about 10 years into the future from those books. The final book in the series, Many Waters, is actually set between the others, about 5 years from Door. This really threw me for a loop, as I had finally gotten used to the characters being lots older by the time I finished Planet. Not only that, but the first three are mainly focused on the sister Meg Murray, and her youngest brother, Charles Wallace. The last one (Waters) is primarily focused on the middle kids, the twins Sandy and Dennys Murray. I honestly, couldn't get through the last book. I really didn't care at all what happened to the twins, who, in the other three books, were secondary characters only minimally useful if at all. Overall: B-. I'm starting on my Vonnegut collection tonight - Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse 5, and Breakfast of Champions. I'm intrigued and hope I enjoy them. I'll let y'all know.
Oh, HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY! To everyone who is celebrating. Next year I'll come up with some better cheer. Then again, they closed down Bennigan's and I have no idea where local Irish flavor is to be had. Hmm.