Fasting from the Internet

It's been a long, long night. Fought off three computer viruses with the help of Norton/Symantec and $99 to have the really tricky one removed while I sat up bleary eyed (but strangely at peace) for an hour (after waiting for another hour and a half) while the wonderful Kevin K at Symantec remote controlled my laptop into cleanliness and submission by one-thirty a.m. After that, I discovered while researching my way through a minefield of error messages and other pop-ups and misdirected links that apparently the Pwdump virus hadn't been the sole source of the hair pulling hilarity that had been my early evening, but IE7 had gone nuts on me at the prompting of one or more add-ons. I don't like to cast undue aspersions but after some trial and error it seems that uninstalling the **** toolbar has solved my technical tension-causing puzzle. (I had the name of the toolbar where there now are asterisks but decided I don't need another fight on my hands, just in case any **** fans are reading this.)

So I think I'll take a fast from the internet tomorrow today.

I believe God wants me to spend some quality time with Him just now. No, I don't think God caused my pain in the *** to get my attention. I'm not one of those people who wonders what God's message is when I accidentally put my underwear on backwards. Which I never have done, by the way (put my drawers on backwards--inside out maybe, but I surely digress), but I do actually know a woman who wondered out loud in my direction one Saturday what God was trying to tell her by allowing her to put her drawers on backwards.

Is there a point here? Yes, that I'm tired and want a day off. And time with God.

Comments

[Audra Krell]

I hope you had a wonderful day off! What a time you went through the other night. I really enjoyed your post, funny and great writing. I saw myself in your story and that's what we want as readers and writers, yes?

[Donna Shepherd]

Very funny. I'm sorry you had to go through that, but enjoyed the post. - Donna