I looked forward to this week’s Monday so badly, thinking
I’ll go in, finish my month-end and be ready as can be when my NEW computer
arrived on Tuesday. The computer, I
currently use, was purchased in 1998 and tediously slow. While waiting for ANY program to open, I can
easily play 2 games on my phone just to wile time. Got going as I arrived at the office, patiently
waiting between steps as I hoped the computer would get to where it needed to
be but then NOTHING worked and I simply forced a shutdown. After restarting it wanted to do a Windows update…..
Boy did that take forever. Finally at 12
noon I could only start working. With
parrot needing to take her afternoon nap just after 1 I barely got anything
done before having to leave.
Tuesday the new computer arrived and the speed was
amazing. Sadly I leave even earlier on
Tuesdays, so I barely had time to experiment before having to go home.
Leaving the office early on Tuesdays, that is the other
wonderful news for this week. My
‘once-a-week’ cleaners were closed during the lockdown and then restarted after 4 months. It felt like Christmas walking into a clean
house and knowing I don’t have to vacuum, mop, dust or wipe. I, therefore, come home to let the dogs in as
they are kept outside while the cleaners do their thing.
My third set of good news is that I again ordered meals for
the week. Tuesday evening we ate Chicken
cheesecake and I added fried battered onion rings and a salad. I can get used to this life with plenty of good
news.
This quilt used the same pattern as quilt number 4 just in
more girly colours. I decided to do a
flower motif in the hexagons more for me to practise backtracking as these
were similar to stitching feathers. I
was not always successful but with practice, one tends to see what works better
for you. Unlike suggested, I rather have
to go slower than faster.
I was up before 4 am on Wednesday, not because of a bad
night but I think I was so eager to get to the office and try out the new
computer. The computer guy changed a
couple of things and very new to me would be the way daily backups have to be
done. With one simple click, I can now
backup all the admin computers in the office from my computer. Previously every
computer had to be done individually. It may take up to 10 minutes but during
that time I can set out the coffee mugs for when the other staff arrive at the
office.
During those early hours, I got 2 more rows quilted so at
that stage only 4 more to go. The flowers or rather the slower backtracking
took some time.
As much as I looked forward to working on the new computer,
it didn’t pan out that way. I ran into
so many ‘new’ issues and again sat idly around not knowing how to sort out the
problems. Computer guy was in a meeting
and couldn’t rescue me. Mysteriously
after a couple of hours, the computer could suddenly link to the printer and I
had all systems going but I was still so far behind on my work. It was such a good feeling to be home in the
afternoon, finish up this quilt…. At least something that worked in my life and
had a feel-good ending to Wednesday.
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