melog-20110513.log

Finally! Blogger's back.

Ouch-- that was a long outage as far as Internet, cloud services go.

Anyhow . . .

I finally got my air working again. I had a server issues at work where I had to manipulate the jumpers on a hard drive. Doing that inadvertently trained my mind to notice the shape of the little shunts that fit over the pins.

Well . . . it got so hot that my wife just complained and complained and complained.

And rightly so . . . it was quite miserable in our house.

She left to go visit a friend and get some touch ups done to her hair. While she was gone, I took a flash light and some tools. I opened the air conditioning unit in the back of my house and shined the light down and tried to make sense of it all.

I got nothing.

At first.

Then, I noticed a black wire with a little shunt attached to the end of it-- very much like a hard drive jumper.

Hmmmmm . . . .

Then, I noticed a tiny metal flange that was begging for something to slide over it.

Like that shunt on the end of that black wire.

Worked like a charm. I'm chillin' like a villain.

Things are getting better about my mood lately. My (meager)study of Kung Fu has taught me that every obstacle should be met with an attitude that is as relaxed as possible. So, when I get frustrated, I assume the seated relaxed position where you sit on the floor cross legged with your wrists resting on your knees. I take deep breaths and meditate and center myself.

That helps a lot these days.

Anyhow, things are getting better around the house, too. I've got virtually all the laundry done. Now-- step by step-- time to work on the rest of the house.

*Breath deeply*

melog-20110511.log

I had gotten my air conditioning fixed a few days ago. But, now it's not working again.

I also had a long day at work because things weren't working.

I notice that all around me, things don't seem to work.

Entropy. It is what has made the universe, and it is the thing that tears everything apart.

Lately, I feel like I keep fighting my way uphill-- even on the things that I thought would be simple.

I'm getting tired and want a break from all the entropy. A break from the struggle.
I want my air to work. I want the ants to go away in my kitchen. I want the house to stay clean. I want my son to let the toilet lid down and stop rummaging through out the house at 2:00 in the morning when he's in a sleepy stupor. He marches through the house like someone who can't hold his pee any longer, but wanders aimlessly through the house, room by room-- lost.

And sometimes, he doesn't quite make it to the bathroom when he's in that state of mind.

But, that's not his fault. Still though, will he ever grow out of it?

So many broken things to fix. So many broken people, too.

I see why those who seek enlightenment don't own anything.