Saturday, January 5, 2008

5 January 2008

Despite the fact that it's been "holiday season" and I've had a few days off, I'm feeling very tired. Likely it's the holiday season (work has been very busy) and the short days. Do you find that you feel more energetic when the days are longer? I'm finding (these days) that I'm more tired when the days are shorter.

I'm happy that I was able to find a new laptop computer (I've been wanting one for a while now) that has Windows XP on it (rather than the dreaded new Vista platform). I don't mean to badmouth Microsoft... I just don't understand why they have to change their platform every couple of years. The new system doesn't "play well with others" when it comes to my software. I wonder why it is, too, that retailers don't want to sell or downgrade to the older system. They have all kinds of excuses and make it really tough for consumers to get what they want. Ah well. I've got what I want so I shouldn't complain...

So the new laptop has been my friend and companion for the last couple of days. It's enabled me to work on the couch, at the dining room table, around town. This is good. It takes me out of my cold, isolated office and puts me back in with the living and breathing. All good. Of course, it does prohibit me sometimes from interacting with the living and breathing, but one step at a time, eh?

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