The Writing Office

I am trying to get back to my work and my writing, but it is difficult. My mom, who has always believed in my ability to be a successful author, passed away on the 14th of this month and trying to focus on work just seems like an impossibility. I know I need to, so I steel myself and remind myself that her and I are the strong ones, and pushing aside my pain I do what work I am able to.

It’s not enough, but at least I am not going to give up. She would not want that, she particularly would not want me to give up on my writing, so I am going to go on. My mom believed that I was a success. I could find ways to make money from my writing and she was so proud of my ability to do that. For her, I could do nothing but get more successful and I intend to do just that. I am going to maintain the work I have established and improve upon that. I am going to stick with the writing course I am taking and go on to be a published author. My mom knew I could do it, and that means I know I can do it.

I was forced at last to reboot my poor computer to the factory specifications for it., which means that I lost a lot of stuff, but at least I managed to save the computer so that I don’t have to buy a new one. Or at least that is what I am hoping, it’ll take a bit to know for sure if it fixed the problem or just eased the symptoms off some. For now the computer is restarting properly for me.

I’m experiencing technical issues with my desktop computer. Over the past two days the thing has developed some kind of start-up twitch. When I start the computer in the morning, it will suddenly restart itself over and over about 4 times or more. I’ve tried to run virus scans and did a boot-time scan of the entire system, but it did not seem to correct the malfunction. This morning I downloaded everything I had not yet got from Microsoft including their Service Pack 3 and the Malicious Software Removal tool. I’m hoping that this will cure the twitch, if not then I am not sure what else to do. I tried to reset to last conditions that were known to work, but hate to backstep the system too far. If I have to I’ll drop it back in a system reset to last Sunday, which is the last day I know it was working properly. Will hold off on that drastic step until I know if this MS doohickeys update works.