Reading the signs

[scarlettina]

Signs indicate I'm stressed out. What signs? I've been clumsy the last two days. Yesterday started with me pouring orange juice instead of milk into my bowl of cereal. Then I spilled soda all over the kitchen table (some of which hit both the computer and the cell phone; I'm experimenting to discover the extent of any damage). This morning, I

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[twilight2000]

I know it's an odd place to find it and it may not be useful to you, but there's a really good hand guy on the east side at Lakeshore clinic - he's really good. I had a break in my hand that often causes some serious inability - and he was able to set it so that I lost no mobility at all (and I can't remember his name, but I'll look it up if you'd like ;>).

[jackwilliambell]

Orange juice is not good for electronic stuff. It unglues the edges of the chips and lets the magic smoke out.

Please take some time out for yourself today.

[scarlettina]

Magic smoke? So that's what I saw rising from the keyboard. Day-amn! :-)

After several hours of eccentric behavior and some troubleshooting (thank goodness I had my work machine here to visit the Apple site), the computer appears to be behaving normally again. I'm going to be watching it carefully for the next few days, though, just in case. And wow, oh wow, do I need to do a back-up.

[garyomaha]

I thought "magic smoke" was legal in California but not Washington.

[herself_nyc]

Glad you're mending, albeit slowly. I get the frustration.

[sleightgirl]

Hah! When I was a kid, my mom used to pour oj in my cereal when she was tired or stessed.