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The internet was getting wonky. Wifi was spotty. Load times were increasing. The whole "at home internet experience" was deteriorating.
Then, last night, KABOOM! In one dialog box the entire internet was lost to me.
First I panicked. Then I called my ISP. Then I called them again. THEN, after a few hours, I got reconnected, but wifi was gone. I marched my Time Capsule in to the Apple Store. They said it was fine. It wasn't yet. In the meantime, internet had slowed to a crawl again. I called my ISP again. They decided it was time to send a dude, the next day in fact. Today. I almost missed the dude, since they ALWAYS take your number down wrong and so I never got the 30 minute warning. I caught him as he was leaving. Whatever. Another hour and a new modem later we were back online. Time Capsule, however, was not. What are the chances of both going to shit at the same time?? Only me.... So my afternoon (6 hours in fact) were spent trouble-shooting the Time Capsule thing.
Long story short: I ALWAYS buy the Apple Care. Have never, in two iMacs 3 iPhones countless iPods and shuffles, have I ever used it. This Time Capsule is the only purchase I have made and NOT bought Apple Care. So of course I needed it. I would have been covered. I would have not spent all this TIME.
Ai dios mio!!!
SO anyhoo, I eventually wiped the whole thing clean and reset as if it were new. And now it works.
I wake up this morning and I instantly get the shakes. This happens when I sleep through the cold, either because it is extremely cold, or I somehow knock my blanket off of myself. I still have the shakes but it's not as bad as when I first got up. I found it hard to sleep last night, as some unruly young mid '20s people moved in recently into one of the vacant apartments on my "unit." I've noticed that they like to go outside to smoke and they usually stand in the general area near my window. They talk. They laugh. They act silly. They smoke their cigarettes. Now, if I stick my head out the window and yell at them then I would just confirm what my friends are already saying about me that I am the disgruntled old man on the block. Not so! Also, I've noticed that the school bus loudly arrives at 6:30am, parks and then proceeds to flash its big lights as if the police or ambulance was outside. *grumble grumble*
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They say silence is golden. I agree.
However, the only way for me to get silence in my head is to complete tasks. That is one thing about my mild OCD that no one gets. Until I complete certain things I can't really relax. Let's say there is a list in my head of things to do each day. If I miss something it moves to the next days list. I can hear the list in my head all day. For example I know that on Thursdays I change the bed. I have to change the bed on Thursdays. That's just how it is. If I can't, for whatever reason, that task adds to another day's list and that day's list gets louder in my head because there is too much on it. Does that make any sense? It's a bit more literal that the *actual* chatterings of my OCD brain as I see it, but pretty accurate as far as explanation. The only difference is a lot of what I feel compelled to do is autopilot. I automatically sweep kitty litter and vacuum the stairs everyday when I get home. I swiffer furniture on certain days, ect... I don't have to normally t!
ie it to a day. Whatever. The list scenario works. Now that you know I'm a nut-job, here's the point...
It was expressed to me that the last time Richard's mother visited she felt she couldn't touch anything when I am around. I may be miss quoting or making stuff up (as I am oft accused) but that was my impression. So I have been making a CONSCIOUS effort to be less... cleaning up after anyone moves. It is making me crazy! My brain is SCREAMING at me every second I am home about STUFF I NEED TO DO!! I am miserable in my own house. I don't want to look at it, sit in it, be in it UNTIL I FEEL CAUGHT UP!!
But I can't get caught up without time alone. And yes I know in my head that Richard is doing his best to keep things as we like them. I do. And I appreciate it more than I have told him.
BUT HE FORGETS MY TOUCH OF THE CRAZY!
It's only a week (and a day, grr!) We will all survive the Mother In Law visit. Hopefully our relationship will too. But I am taking some mental health hits over here... I need to wash the floor, wash every towel, vacuum all surfaces, and bleach things. Sorry.
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Funniest Internets find in a while:
Don't judge my hair dot com
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So if you follow my Twitter stream at all, which I'm sure you do, then you know I was in Yuma yesterday. I know what you're thinking. OMG WTF Yuma?! Haha, yes. You see it is pretty much the halfway mark between Phoenix and San Diego and as such it was where Brian of Cheap Blue Guitar and myself decided to meet. Of course it was a year after deciding that we finally did it! I packed up my man Richard and he packed up Dyanna (@dyanna on Twitter) and we each set out on our 250+ mille journeys.
Oi. It's totally farther than you think. Richard and I arrived a bit early and went off to explore the mall while Brian and Dyanna did their last 40+ miles. Haha. At exactly 2 PM Daniel from danielphillip.com and Brian of cheapblueguitar.com met face to face. So if your internet konked out at that time or you saw a blinding light, now you know why. LOL. Internet personalities collided. Once we did the always weird 'I read you and chat with you everyday yet NOW we're meeting' thing, it was like chatting with old friends. It took a bit tho, because our waiter wouldn't give us more than 2 minutes alone at a time. Poor ADD kid... Anyhoo, Brian and Dyanna are as awesome as you think. We gabbed a lot, enjoyed the unique culinary flair of The Outback, and the air conditioning. (I don't know if you know this about Yuma, but it's hot. It is past all these sand dunes and really in the desert. It was, I kid you not, eleventy million degrees out there.)
So after lunch we decided to treck out and explore the city.. erm, town. It was kinda like a ghost town. There was no one out, what with the oppressive heat. Also there is not much to see. But that in itself made it fun. We'll always have Yuma! And I have added two more people to my list of Real Life friends!
Pictures were taken and I've swiped them all...
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So I have to admit it... All the hoopla about MMS for iPhone and my 'sexting' comments (I love that!) got me wondering. Have you 'sexted'? I mean via cell phone, sent pictures and received pictures and talked dirty and got... erm, off with someone?
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iPhone MMS Messaging, take your 'sexting' to a whole new level...
