On Modern Dilemmas

Current Status... "Windows" is a great idea, but it's like democracy or communism -- great in theory, but people game it and screw it up. After all these years, Windows still takes forever to load, an eternity to shut down, and when you have it up, it freezes programs, attracts viruses and crashes. I'm a Mac gal, but I have to use Windows for work. At the company office, my computer once bit the dust with what Windows folk call The Blue Screen of Death. Here at home, on my MacPro, Windows is supposed to allow me to link up with office e-mail. And once I have it connected, I can count on it crashing several times in an afternoon. I sign on again and again. I spend unproductive time reviving Windows. The other day I sat helpless as a virus entered, ran it's frustrating little course, and faded away. Can't something be done?!

Lately I'm thinking... Next January, I wanna be in Sedona/Prescott (AZ) or Santa Fe (NM). The Hudson Valley's bone-chilling cold and the serial snow storms this year are taking a big toll on these old bones. Arthritis is a bitch!

This is really interesting... I watch my new cat, Amalya, torn between curiosity, need for affection, and fear. She fears the other cat, Sara; she fears strange noises and unexpected moves by humans. She loves being scratched and petted, at times she'll even "kiss," by rubbing her nose on my nose. [Cute? It's to die for!] I watch her tentatively explore and claim one more millimeter of the house each day. I watch her decide whether to flee under my bed or stand her ground. She's just like a human in her inner struggles with hope and fear. 

Currently reading... Still reading T.C. Boyle's World's End. It's long! The man's spinning a yarn covering [at least] 300 years. I can't keep track, except I know everyone important is named Walter and is missing a foot. What a mind T.C. must have to have written, in essence, three books in one. And what a vocabulary -- you know you're good when you throw in words Trish has never seen!

The Soapbox: I can't stand how long it's taking to get to Jan. 20, 2009! Can't stand it! Obama will sink or swim, but let's find out already! T'row de bums out! Let's get started with the new regime, whatever it may be. On the other hand, this is one time in the life of a woman "of a certain age," when time does not seem to be flying past at record speed. Keep the hope, Boomers, toss fear away -- t'row de bum out! Friends or relatives with unmanageable mortgages? Afraid of foreclosure? Call Seneca Debt Assistance, toll-free, for information and help bull-dogging your bank to renegotiate your terms. Are you a woman in transition? Returning to workforce? Peri-menopausal? Divorcing? Call the experienced life coach at Women in Transition. I did, and kicked fear aside and took charge of my life!