Round 2 of Snowmaggedon hit the D.C. metropolitan area today. As I write this the snow is finally slowing down but the wind is still swirling viciously, howling, blowing the snow and ice around so it smashes into everything in its path. Inside our home today wasn’t much better.
Azita has been sick — coughing and wheezing and struggling for breath. It is more and more seeming that she has asthma. The worst part is that she fights her inhaler, and we’ve had to hold her down just to give her a few breaths off her inhaler a couple times a day lately. It is especially bad at night, so we have been pretty sleep-deprived for the past several days. By this morning we were exhausted and looking at starting a long day.
Things only got worse. About 3 hours into my day my laptop froze and wouldn’t start back up. I spent an hour and half on the phone with Dell support trying to fix the issue. This call included a nerve-wracking half hour that involved me removing my laptop keyboard and reseating my laptop’s memory. By the end of the call I was dripping sweat, and my breathing was shallow. I’m pretty sure IÂ was inches away from a stroke. And it turns out the issue is not fixable today.
A brand new motherboard is on its way, but I spent the day working on a 7-year old iBook that hasn’t been turned on in over a year. So, work went slowly. And it was stressful. And maybe it’s the storm, but our internet connection has been dragging
It’s as if the blizzard has made its way into our home and is swirling everything about. My hope is that a good night’s sleep will actually happen and that it will make everything better. And in the morning, we get ready for an adventure as Roger and I try to make it to our offices with Azita.
Th-th-th-th-that’s all folks.
