Do you ever have days when things outside your control stop you in your tracks

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It happened to me yesterday.

Oh, in the great scheme of things it was nothing, but frustrating never-the-less.

Recently, we changed our car and the “new” one has so many electrical gadgets, I’m always getting warning messages  and beeps, which really make me anxious.  Apparently, the model we have is notorious for them and they are often triggered by the change in temperature.

Apparently,  that means the warning I have to “STOP!” because I have a puncture, could actually mean it’s cold!

Great, eh?

Then there’s my computer.

It’s been playing up for ages and I’ve never really taken the time to sort it out.  Yesterday, however, I was supposed to be interviewing a lovely lady the other side of the world about her involvement with GVO and couldn’t connect to Skype.

I  tried to connect several times,  uninstalled it and re-installed it, but no joy.  After wasting at least two hours, and phoning my network provider as instructed, I finally discovered it was nothing to do with my end at all. 

Instead Skype were having a problem and it was all to do with their “supernodes”.

Great, eh?

My only consolation is the lady whom I was supposed to have been interviewing over Skype also had the same problem so was aware I wasn’t deliberately wasting her valuable time. 

So that still leaves me with a computer, which runs frustratingly slow at times and does all sorts of weird and wonderful things, including freeze on me just at a crucial point.

No doubt it’s all the “stuff” I have on and there’s a conflict somewhere between the hardware, software and general “wear”

Great, eh?

Anyway, it was enough to bring this little poem into my mind, so whilst this computer is actually working, I thought I’d do a “brain dump” .

My Christmas Computer Poem

It’s a few days to Christmas
And in the Shaw house
Computer screen’s frozen
Won’t respond to my mouse

Time is a wasting
There’s so much to do
Articles, blog posts,
Interviews, too

For weeks it’s done strange things
Of that there’s no doubt
Is it software or hardware,
Or simply worn out?

Frustration is building
Need to sort it out quick,
Should I call the repair man
Or good old Saint Nick?

(That’s Father Christmas incase you were wondering)

Wishing you a Happy, Healthy and Frustration Free Christmas and New Year.

Take care,

Jean