Sometimes Fridays can’t come soon enough. My husband and I had a great July 4th and even enjoyed spending time in our pool. The water was beautiful, but in and around the 4th we had a few road bumps.
My computer slowed to a crawl and started tossing out blue screens. To top it off, Chrome stopped working. Not the end of the world because I was able to hop over to Firefox, but the bulk of my bookmarks are on Chrome. With a trifecta of computer woes, I decided it was time to cart the all-in-one in for repair. I took my laptop too. The wifi hasn’t worked since a Windows update half a year ago. Both are still with the Geek Squad.
On the plus side, I decided to treat myself to a MAC book. My books have been making a few dollars the last two years so I decided it was time to splurge a little—especially since I’ll be using the MAC for my business. After a trip to the Apple store, I came home with one of the new retina MACs. I wanted the small size for easy portability, but honestly, all the MAC book brands I looked at are very light.
It doesn’t show well in the photo below, but I got the rose gold finish, which is gorgeous. I’m still dealing with a bit of a learning curve, but getting on fairly good. If I could just figure out how to right click or backspace nirvana would happen.
Thursday, my first day back on the day job was fraught with problems. I won’t go into details but it was not a good day. I came home that night only to find out the UV light and piping to our well pump had some kind of issue. Don’t ask me what it was. All I know is that it involved soldering, a blow torch, and hours without water while my husband repaired whatever needed to be fixed. Thank God he’s as adept as he is and we didn’t have to call a repairman.
TGIF! I’m hoping today turns out to be better than yesterday. With any luck I may even get my computer and laptop back. If not, at least it’s Friday.
If you missed the posts on Story Empire this week, Harmony Kent shared the second part of her series on Commas and How to Use Them, and Joan Hall explained how to Read Your Way to Better Writing. Today, you can discover the latest Curated Content for Writers gathered by the SE authors.
Check back on Monday too, when yours truly will be in the Story Empire wheelhouse with a post entitled “What Would You Do?” Until then, Happy Friday and Happy Weekend. May it be a good one for all!
The end of the week is a great opportunity to look back over the past several days and take measure our accomplishments. Unfortunately, mine were close to nil. :( I did manage to eke out a single scene on my WIP, but considering the goal was a chapter, the results are pathetic.
From the Pen of Mae Clair 