August Getaway!

If things go as planned, B and I will finally be able to get away for a while. I’m thinking two weeks in Barcelona apartments But with B’s recent hospital leave from work, he has a lot of catching up to do and two weeks away from home would be a tad too long. Barcelona is also halfway across the world from where we’re at, so dream on Mariuca!

Realistically speaking, we’ve decided to look at locations closer to home. I’ve been under a lot of stress lately working on this huge headache of a plight that B and I are facing at the moment and I am at my breaking point. Today, I am fed up to the max, which is why I need to get away and escape this madness!

To de-stress, I started doing my research for vacation accommodation. The apartments in Barcelona sure look mighty tempting in terms of rates, location and facilities but like I said earlier, Barcelona is simply not feasible for now.

The particular location we’re looking to visit however seems to offer a wider range of apartments rather than hotels. I’ve never stayed in an apartment while vacationing so I am a little apprehensive about trying it out. Of course there is a first time for everything so I am willing to keep an open mind. Plus, most of the vacation apartment rates are cheaper than hotels so that’s another pull factor towards apartments.

Of course I’ll be doing more research before we decide on anything. Research is a must and is enjoyable too when it comes to hotel or apartment hunting for vacations. I especially like reading guest reviews. They’re extremely helpful in helping fickle-minded me narrow down my choices to one that suits our needs when vacationing.

So a vacation in August is what I am hoping for. I don’t care where we’re going or for how long. All I know is that I need to get away and I am aiming for August. Speaking of August, which is also my birthday month, I am desperately trying to shed a few pounds (hoping for ten but will still be happy with five) in time for my birthday. I refuse to look like a chubby wifey clown this birthday. I have 26 days to go so wish me luck!

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LADY JAVA

Pinky Problem

So my laptop died on me yesterday. It started late Sunday evening, when Pinky first began showing ailing signs. I was hoping they would go away soon but the next day saw her condition becoming worse.

I was frantic with worry mostly because I was working on a very technical, very long-winded translation on final expense insurance quotes and seniors burial insurance. I'm so used to translating insurance brochures but this burial insurance for funeral topic requires specific terms from those I am accustomed to. This means I would basically spend a big portion of my work time researching and utilizing insurance dictionaries online. With Pinky being sick, I'd not be able to do much work online and by then, she was already freezing every few minutes and I'd have to restart her again and again before getting connection.

Honestly, how could I focus on Funeral Consumers Alliance when all I could think about was poor Pinky gradually but surely dying from her yet to be identified disease? I was also busy salvaging whatever data I could before Pinky stopped breathing for good.

Worrying about my pending insurance job plus the frustration of trying to diagnose Pinky was taking its toll on me both physically and mentally. If there's such a policy to protect one from mental stress caused by computer problems; I'd send in my insurance application immediately! Pinky was almost dead by then and I was overwhelmed with stress and practically in tears!

Anyway, I was worried all day and tired from staying up all night so after saving my data, we rushed Pinky to the PC Clinic yesterday.

The diagnosis so far is that my Windows OS seems to be malfunctioning; cause yet to be determined. I left Pinky behind at the clinic and I hope to receive some good news. The bad news however is that she is also suspected of having a hard disk infection, which I'm hoping against hopes, turns out to be negative. I do appreciate all your well wishes for my pretty pink baby on Twitter and I hope to get back online full-time soon.

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MONICADAVIDTEKKAUS

Blogging Blues and Runescape Cursors

Blogging blues plaguing my life is something I can definitely do without right now!

My "love hate" story with JS-Kit ECHO continues this week with me pulling my hair in frustration at my current plight, which started almost immediately after JS recently upgraded their ECHO Email Notification System. Despite setting my options correctly, it is almost a week now that I am unable to receive ALL my comments here or at my other blogs by email. Why I'm fussing over this is because I now am burdened with the unnecessary trouble of having to check my latest posts for new comments instead of having them delivered to me by email. Very tedious and annoying right?

I realize stressing over this is futile. I've come to a point where many things blog-wise are just not going my way and this additional stressor is merely a tick that I refuse to let bring me down. When all else fails, you just gotta laugh and do other things to keep your mind off things!

And that's how I ended up changing cursors for Pinky, for the first time ever. I don't usually bother with trivial things like changing cursors but since a kind soul so thoughtfully emailed me this Runescape Cursors link, I decided to check it out. I liked what I saw so I thought I'd share it with you; perhaps a new cursor could give you the inspiration for a nice new post.

I'm currently using a magical green fairy as my cursor. Secretly, I am hoping the fairy will soon waves its magic wand and fix all my blog issues and JS problem so that's my little piece of inspiration.

With over 20 different cursor categories to choose from, I am sure you'd find one defining your current mood too.

All you have to do is download the file as instructed and you'll be able to view Cursor Mania in your Toolbar after restarting your browser. From there, you just have to click your chosen cursor and it will be ready for use!

So which one do you reckon would make it a little better for u today? I kinda like the glittering disco ball, maybe I'll change to funky disco mood next!

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LADY JAVA
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