Re: Member Announcements Thread
So, my turn to make an announcement. Wish it were better than the last few, but only slightly, as mine involves mostly just personal frustration rather than terror and missed jobs and the like.
So, thanks to the new Zone Alarm update, my computer became relatively unusable. Thanks to being able to get on the internet via other means, I found out that I was not alone in this, so I attempted to solve the problem by uninstalling the program. Since I didn't want to be without a firewall, I attempted to download the older version. Which froze my computer to the point of not booting up properly to the point of having to do a soft system restore. Thankfully, I back up my files regularly, so I didn't lose anything (that I'm aware of) and the files *are* on my computer, it's just a matter of getting them where they need to be and getting programs back on my computer.
It wasn't until the next morning (today, or yesterday, at this point) that I realized I should have just let things go and hooked up the computer that's been sitting and waiting to be done so when this one crapped out. But, I put a lot of energy into it, so I'll be juggling computers this weekend.
And the computer wasn't the only thing to crap out. Apparently, my monitor blew, so we had to scramble to get a new one of those. Thankfully, a friend of my mother's had a spare that's sort of on "permanent borrow."
On top of all this, I'm dealing with the typical monthly hormonal imbalance which is not helped by the fact that the anniversary of my father's death is coming up and when I was poking around on the computer, I came across emails that I'd gotten from him that, while not important in the least, are not something that I'm willing to give up.
Suffice to say, it's just been a very trying and tiring past couple of days. Time to go hide under the covers for a little while, methinks.