Thursday, December 22, 2005
You use a computer for a long time and when it starts feeling mucked up and slow, that's when you "defrag" it. It occurs to me that's what I've got to do with my mind, now that construction is completed on the spec house -- and it's sold to boot.
And Mabel is pretty fit for living, save the odd spit-and-polish tasks. This morning, I let in the wallbed guys, who are installing the bed in the bindery that will go into use as soon as this weekend. It's great to have company for the holidays, even better when you have two houses at your disposal.
But, about the defrag. I still find myself almost panicking about details that I'd thought of for so long, I also forget they're resolved. Perhaps it's just the Virgo in me, but I need to clean up the hard drive in my head so I get a fresh perspective going into 2006.
Then there are these hundreds of notes piled up around Construction HQ and tucked into books and three-ring binders. I can't clean without a few swirling free. Some are lists for the builder, or questions for the Grok God, or merely reminders to myself. All recall dilemmas that popped up, then got addressed or became moot. Thing is, I feel like I have to read them all over again, in case I'm missing something. So this morning, I happened upon a scribble of "ext sconces," and then "can dim halogen?"
It's enough to set the brain whirring again.
Oh! I forgot the most amazing, biggest relief of all! The bank sent me a form letter saying my loan was done Jan. 1, which sent me into a state of panic. Then the loan officer explained it was a computer glitch, so that -- yes -- my due date still is Feb. 1. How often does a bank's computer mess up in favor of a customer?
Must be my early xmas present from WaMu.
And Mabel is pretty fit for living, save the odd spit-and-polish tasks. This morning, I let in the wallbed guys, who are installing the bed in the bindery that will go into use as soon as this weekend. It's great to have company for the holidays, even better when you have two houses at your disposal.
But, about the defrag. I still find myself almost panicking about details that I'd thought of for so long, I also forget they're resolved. Perhaps it's just the Virgo in me, but I need to clean up the hard drive in my head so I get a fresh perspective going into 2006.
Then there are these hundreds of notes piled up around Construction HQ and tucked into books and three-ring binders. I can't clean without a few swirling free. Some are lists for the builder, or questions for the Grok God, or merely reminders to myself. All recall dilemmas that popped up, then got addressed or became moot. Thing is, I feel like I have to read them all over again, in case I'm missing something. So this morning, I happened upon a scribble of "ext sconces," and then "can dim halogen?"
It's enough to set the brain whirring again.
Oh! I forgot the most amazing, biggest relief of all! The bank sent me a form letter saying my loan was done Jan. 1, which sent me into a state of panic. Then the loan officer explained it was a computer glitch, so that -- yes -- my due date still is Feb. 1. How often does a bank's computer mess up in favor of a customer?
Must be my early xmas present from WaMu.
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