The past 48 (or so)

Thursday, I spent the day in bed with a potpourri of symptoms ranging from fever, nausea, lethargy, muscle aches, double vision and general blah (can that even be considered a symptom??). I don't think I was out of bed for more than a total of 3 hours, and that was to visit the bathroom frequently (frequently, hell, it seemed like I was up more than I was down). Anyway, come Friday, I was like a new man. I had not a single symptom left over from the day before.

Work was uneventful, which is surprising, considering the crap that's been going on for the past couple of months. But, I can feel things coming to a head.

I finally "backed up" my first DVD. Only took me two attempts and three hours, too! Yippee! Actually, the first attempt failed because the program I was using didn't support the drive. Turns out, I needed the newest version, so, after I downloaded it, installed it and tried again (with a time out for dinner), I had my first copy in my hands. To add insult to injury, when I put the disc in my player, the machine kept saying 'No Disc Loaded' and made a painful grinding sound. I tried the disc out on my PC, as well as various other DVD players throughout the house, and it played flawlessly. So, now I get to dump more cash into a new DVD player (I have an S-video cable connected to my TV from the PC's video card, but the picture quality is about the same as watching a video tape that's 10 years old - horrible). Needless to say, guess what I'll be doing this afternoon?

Anyway, that's about it. Maybe I'll write more this evening, but most likely, not.