Why?

WHY, I ask you?!

Can you feel my face?

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It is said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Failure on day 2 of the #monthlyauthorchallenge, otherwise known as MAC sounds like failure before it even began! What the hell? My intention was to post every single day this month and what happened?

Good intentions. pffft!

Seems that every time I have good intentions and set a goal, some crazy, out-of-my-hands event decides to fuck it all up.

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You can read lips, right?}

Thursday

It was Thursday night and I was getting settled in for the night. Just as I was editing my post I saw a blinding white light and...

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Thank you, Florida storms.

^{Not Thursday's storm but a lightning capture that I made with my Canon Powershot SX1 iS}

I literally felt the concussion of the lightning bolt as it hit the back yard. Funny thing - the lights didn't go out but the internet did. We did all the troubleshooting and came to the conclusion that the modem was blown. After being on hold for nearly an hour with the service provider they came to the same conclusion and gave us a choice: 1. Wait for a service technician, which could take up to a week, or 2. Take the modem back and get a replacement. Guess which option I chose?

Friday

Friday morning we get to the local cable station and there was a line going from the building to the parking lot. I have to say that I was very impressed with them because even at 9 in the morning, the sun was beating, it was hot and humid. They had chairs set up in the shade with a cooler full of ice-cold water bottles. They had an associate go down the line taking names of people so they didn't fear losing their place in line to sit down.

Got home, plugged in and everything was working fine. I was able to get caught up with some work but my son was out of his room hovering over me to help troubleshoot his computers. Systematically - Painstakingly - we made sure the wires were okay. Then we tested for software issues and finally decided it was a hardware issue.

If you've ever dealt with an Aspie then you would know that we get ultra-sensitive to changes in the routine. It's bad enough when I have to deal with my own neurosis, but add my son's hovering and borderline tantrum and I want to start breaking shit. Really. And he doesn't stop until he's reached a satisfactory conclusion to calm himself down and slink back to his room.

It was a whole day of arguing, pulling his computer apart, troubleshooting and more arguing while still trying to get some work done! It took everything I had to remain calm and not have my own tantrum. Bottom line - I ordered the only thing that would work: A USB to LAN adapter and pray that he stays out of my hair until it's delivered because I can't take the stress of a hovering man-child!

Just doing it

As far as I'm concerned, "good intentions" can take a hike. I cannot stress over the things which I have no control over. This means I will try my best. If that means I have to miss a day or two, so be it.

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