Thursday, April 30, 2009

The Dreaded Blue Screen of Death

It's been a crazy week for the Hermit on the Hill (yup, that's me). I have not been blogging because of unavoidable outdoor projects, cleaning the house to get ready for the appraiser, still trying to find the cause of a continuing all-over body rash after the poison ivy started to heal, and a cranky computer which kept shutting itself off randomly and for no reason.

This morning, I got the Blue Screen of Death, also known as the Full-On, Hard-Drive Crash. So I'm using Bill's computer, which I hate, and now have to figure out how to recover my files. At least it's now truly dead, instead of just constantly worrisome and annoying.

In the meantime, Virginia Unemployment wants to talk to Bill on the phone, somehow not understanding that he's in the middle of the ocean, a bit far away from any cell tower. Duh. They won't talk to me, despite my having his power of attorney. They don't do email. Bureaucratic balderdash always makes me crazy.

I do hate whining on this blog. I promise I'll get back to uplifting and interesting stories--as soon as I have some.

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