i am mired in spreadsheet land, 3 sessions into my ECDL course. Actually it's not nearly as bad as I thought it would be and when it does go right I get a little tiny frisson of pleasure. Guilty pleasure obviously as we are talking about computers. Maybe there is a little part of me that is a secret nerd. However last night when I was doing my homework I still managed one of those "beating the keyboard in frustration" moments - trying to get an"if" formula to work if memory serves or was it when I was trying to select columns and move them. Maybe both. The children were crowing as I often tell them not to get too caught up in their computer games and NOT TO SHOUT - especially rude words and especially when the grandparents are in the house.
It had been a quiet week - spouse is off on business in NYC so I have been lone parenting - the house is spotless and the ironing is up to date, I have hung some new curtains and walked the dog until said pooch begged for rest. It's amazing how much you get done when you are deprived of company and conversation. Thank any passing deity for my computer and its window on the world. Thank the stars for blog and its capacity for providing an outlet for my glums and miseries. Thank you if you are reading this maudlin little paragraph.
This morning I awoke to sun pouring through the bedroom window, and a clear cloudless sky. After days of grey mists and dreary precipitation this was a bit of joy. When I went to let the dog out for his morning run the air was dotted with spots of dancing white. For a moment I thought midges or dandelion seeds and then realised that it was snow - more snow, but against a backdrop of duck-egg blue sky and pale sunlight. Odd.
