Je Suis En Forme

If life can be compared to baked goods, yesterday was a crap cupcake. Let me toss out a few key words:

trans program AND towtruck AND new mechanic AND unresponsive car insurance customer service representative SO new car insurance AND new dental insurance AND new dentist AND appointments to fill multiple cavities for both girls THEREFORE much faxing and completing of paperwork AND computer virus

That's not even counting work, which included an impromptu conference call and a proposal due by the end of the day. Je suis fatiguée, so fatiguée that I don't even remember turning off the alarm at 5 this morning.

The computer virus was the frosting. I was at the computer (not mine, the girls') until the wee hours, running anti-virus programs and re-starting in safe mode, and every time I thought I'd solved the problem, there it was again. (Some malware program pinned itself to startup, and has taken over the desktop and disabled task manager and system restore, among other functions.) Today I am going to try the msconfig solution. Wish me luck.

But you know, if these are the worst things that ever happen to me, I am fortunate indeed. Much worse things have happened, and guess what, I lived through it. Hahahahahahahahaha!

Yesterday was, as my friend S. said, a very grown-up day, in that it was a day of TCB. I do what I have to do. Not much makes one feel better than managing one's responsibilities. Although I confess that I can think of a few events that might have an even more elevating effect. If little dollar bill plants suddenly sprouted among the rocks in the yard, for example.

When I was in college, one of my roommates used to bake cookies and cakes during finals, which habit mystified me. Whence cameth the Inner Resources to do such a thing at such a time of stress? But in the evening, I donned my apron and made a dinner of fajitas, after which I baked a strawberry tart. I didn't even think about it, just got out the flour and the sugar and butter and got to work; it seemed like the best thing to do under the circumstances.

UPDATE: I did it! I ran msconfig, then reviewed the startup tasks, and removed those of a suspicious appearance, and the startup mess is gone, and I have control of the desktop and functions again. Hallelujah, and thank you, Mr. Google.