I've got a million things I should be doing today. I'm working on my resume to apply to a new job which should pay really well and present new and exciting challenges. Mostly, it pays well. I've got art to work on. I have projects I need to get done for friends and paintings to sell. I need to clean out the fridge, take a shower, empty the trash, clean my room, write in my journal, visit the museum today for an exhibit which closes today. It's 10 am and frankly I'm shocked that I have been up since 7 am being functional and checking items off of my list. I don't know what has gotten into me.
Of course I can't get the printer to work. I'm sitting alone in a room with a plethora of technology and I can't get a single one of the devices to do all that I want and need it to do. The desktop computer to my right seems to have become disconnected from the network. It worked fine a moment ago, but I had to move the monitor and now the computer is completely useless. I have no idea what is wrong with it. It won't connect to the network now. I checked all of the cables and settings. It was working fine a few minutes ago and then BAM! I'm getting error messages and the program which is supposed to detect and fix the problems can't fix the internet issue.
My laptop is connected to the Wi-Fi so that's awesome. I just can't get a document in an email attachment to go to any of the various word processing programs so I can edit it. And yes, I have multiple word processing documents on my computer because the other day I decided to check out the free programs on the internet. I'll let you know how they work if I can ever get that far in my efforts.
My phone sits on the table next to me. No problems there, except I'm trying to ignore the phone so I don't get on social media or start chatting with whatever random friend is logged in and available.
So I'm resigned to the lack of printing ability. I'll print my documents when I get home. I bought a fancy printer-scanner-copier machine several months ago. Of course I researched and got the one that had the most bells and whistles in the price range. Some friends who are designers recommended an even better model which prints graphics beautifully and even has a large format printing capability. As painful of a decision as it was, I opted not to buy it right now due to the much higher price. I'm trying to reign in my spending on creative materials, which is unfortunately a complete failure. Ask me later about the $100 I spent on yearn so I can make scarves for the homeless or yarn bomb my entire neighborhood.
Um...what was I talking about? This is the problem with ADD and memory lapses. I go into the other room to get something, but by the time I get there, I can't remember what I'm looking for.
So back to that resume that isn't getting written. Come on Adderall! Do your thing. I have a problem because every resume turns out to be crap and I feel like I need to write a Pulitzer winning resume. Then again, I look back at some of my former co-workers and I think as long as I can use halfway decent grammar and spell most words correctly I should be golden. Someday, remind me to tell you about the time I worked in the telecommunications industry and my co-worker used to tell customers that the industry is heavily regulated by the FAA. I wanted to correct her, but that's an awkward conversation. How do you tell someone they don't have the basic functionality to work in the corporate world?
Anyway, I'm missing the Women's March right now. I thought about going, but hiking up the side of a very steep mountain to get to the state capital is not on my agenda today. That is one STEEP climb. I don't know why hiking up that hill always has to be an integral part of every march or protest in this city.
So here I am. Avoiding pressing items on my agenda and battling a plethora of technology to put words on a single piece of paper so I can get a great paying job which I may or may not hate once I am actively employed. Okay, deep breath. Time to get to work.
P.S. I didn't even proofread this word salad. Don't judge if there are typos and atrocious grammar problems.
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