Thursday, January 21, 2010

Take a Minute to Concentrate and She Opens Up Her Eyes

Okay. Like everyone else in town, my internet cable was out all last night. I've heard that it's back up and running as of this morning, but I have yet to check it out. I guess it was out for part of the night before when I thought it was my modem as well. Mediacom sucks.

As you know, I can be a bit tenacious about obtaining or fixing something. If I think there is even a glimmer of hope, I will work the hell out of it. But if it's clear that there's no chance in hell I can fix or get the thing I want, I can finally just let it go. Which is what happened last night. I tried to get the computer to work, and then finally texted a friend to see if hers was working. She told me hers was dead too. So, I gave up, cranked up my music, cracked open a beer and cleaned my kitchen, and then read a book after that. Weird.

6 comments:

laura b. said...

It's good you were able to acertain that is was a larger issue so that you could just go ahead and relax.
Sometimes when I'm reading instead of online I think it is weird too :-D

Tara said...

Ack, how frustrating. Well it sounds like you preoccupied yourself very well with some beer, music and kitchen cleaning!

Ananda girl said...

I wish I had that abiltiy to decide to just stop fretting. I admire that.

Mrs. Hairy Woman said...

sometimes it's well worth to have no computer.. just think of all the possibilities..beer, reading, cranked music and a clean kitchen go a long way!

SkylersDad said...

Those forced breaks away from tech can be kind of nice though...

Churlita said...

Laura, It's weird, but usually wonderful too.

Tara, Yes, I did. I'm usually pretty good at occupying myself. I have a harder time getting everything done that I want.

Ananda, Oh, I don't just stop fretting that easily. It's more like I finally realize that there's no way in hell I can fix or get whatever it is, and I have to let that go and move on. If there's even the slightest chance, I'll keep banging my head against the same brick wall forever.

Mrs. It's true. I think if I were in a relationship and had an adult to talk to at home, I wouldn't be on the computer nearly as much.

Skyler's Dad,

That's exactly how I looked at it. It was kind of nice.