Occam's Razor, PC problems, & Work Beckons on a Saturday

 

 

Even from my own bed. sleep was just OK. It felt good to wake in my own home, though initially I didn't know where I was. It was just after 8am, late in my book. I headed downstairs a little stiff legged and tired and started a pot of coffee. Felt good to not have an agenda, at least one that I was aware of.

Enjoyed coffee for a while, that is until my PC crashed. The power seemed to flicker and then Windows wouldn't boot again no matter what I did. The hard drive indicator was a solid amber. Not good. Furthermore, when running diagnostics, the long hard drive test failed and the error given, which I translated via my work laptop indicated a cooked hard drive. Dammit! As luck would have, I had a work escalation needing my involvement pretty quickly too. So much for being on vacation till Monday morning. All the sudden my relaxing morning went south and in a hurry.

Next thing I knew I was deep into an ugly work matter and dealing at the same time with a broken PC. Of course I have all my files doubly backed up, but at the moment that was little consolation. Felt somewhat helpless. Mindy was up in short order. I shared my dilemma, doing my best to keep it together. Reminiscent of our first day back from Utah when I inadvertently downloaded malicious spyware. This time I chose to look at it a bit differently. Everything can be fixed no matter how big the immediate inconvenience.

Before heading out on a run I decided to run a Window repair utility. It seemed to be locked up or paused for a long, long time in one particular phase. Rather than shut it down I decided to leave it cranking while I ran. Lo and behold, by the time I got back from my run the repair utility had finally made it over the proverbial hump and was rebuilding my Windows files. Hmmm? I was hopeful but not convinced. I walked away to do more unpacking. Mindy, by the way, was head long into vacation laundry.

When I checked my PC about a half an hour later it was at a login prompt. And after putting in my password it began operating like new, and perhaps even a little more efficiently than it has for the past several months. Hmmm? Needless to day, I was both pleased and surprised, though still bit cautious. That work issue, by the way, eventually got resolved after about 4 hours of my time. The one bright spot about getting involved in a work issue right away rather than waiting until Monday, it would take the shock of returning to work away after a week's vacation.

Mindy and the kids went to mawmaw's to pick-up the pug. While they were away I did more unpacking. While at it, I took Jacob's electric razor apart since he said it wasn't working worth a damn anymore. Told me he hasn't ever cleaned it. When I pulled the face off, the entire face was clogged with facial hair. No wonder the rotary blades couldn't turn. I tapped the blade assembly against the bathroom counter top them cleaned each blade along with the shield with rubbing alcohol. Like new. Put it on charge, too.

Wasn't long before Mindy and the kids were home with the pug. Eiknarf seemed indifferent to be home. Somewhat excitedly, I called Jacob to the masterbath to show him what I found in his razor. He was reluctant to come until I invited Mindy along too. Mindy got a kick out of the hairy mess. Jacob said he had no idea that it came apart for clearing and cleaning.

Not too long after they got home for picking up the dog, Jimaken came to get the kids. As I shared earlier, Mindy and I didn't have anything planned other than agreeing to do date night at CBC - Mindy's preference. The weather was nothing to write home about but I guess also typical for March in Ohio. The day's high was only expected to reach 40 with rain changing to snow by late evening. Raw comes to mind.

Like most days with no real agenda, the day seemed to fly by with reckless abandon. Where had the day gone? Spent most of my day playing on the PC, working, napping and reading from my Kindle. I felt sleepy all day, too, even after a couple brief naps. We headed to CBC near 630pm, and for the first time in a really long time. we parked in the main lot up against the building. Vince and a new guy were tending bar. We were greeted warmly by Jen, Vince, Tara, and Aubree.

My first beer was a plain old CBC pale ale. Not as good as I remember. My next two were a guest triple IPA. Can't recall whose it was. We enjoyed some bread and risotto balls without actually ordering them. Vince always makes sure we have what we love. He's the best! For dinner, Mindy ordered their barrel cut sirloin while I enjoyed a plate of wings. Ate 'em all, too! Headed for home near 930pm. At home I poured a 4th beer but couldn't finish it. Wrapped the pint glass in cellophane and then joined Mindy who was already in bed. Didn't take long to fall asleep.