first: in the past few days my computer has been acting a little suspicious – notices popping up saying there was an alert, you know, that kind of stuff that pops up sometimes…and then, yesterday, i was reading something online and all of a sudden the computer froze. i re-started it, my opening screen came up, but then it wouldn’t connect to the internet – the maddening little spinning circle just kept spinning.
i shut it down again, and this time it was stuck on the welcome page.
kevin was gone most of the day, and i was busy doing other things but would intermittently try to start it again, to no avail.
it was a warm day and i was sitting down on the dock talking to randy on the phone and told him about my computer annoyance. “yeah,” he said, “a bunch of people got a message on facebook from Lori Ann that was really a virus. It messed up some people’s computers…” I GOT THAT E-MAIL, i said. I OPENED IT!
“oh. You didn’t click on the link, did you?”
YES I DID. IT WAS A VIDEO. I THOUGHT IT’D BE SOMETHING FUNNY, MAYBE. IT WAS THE DAY BEFORE THE TOOTH PULLING, I WANTED A LAUGH.
virus. VIRUS.
not only did i open the e-mail and click on the damn link, i also clicked on the second copy of the e-mail i’d gotten, AND THE THIRD. i figured that lori ann had tried to send it but got the wrong address or something.
MORON.
yes i got three identical e-mails FULL OF DEADLY COMPUTER VIRUSES. AND I BLITHELY OPENED THEM ALL.
moron. complete moron.
randy said “after kevin fixed my computer when it had the virus, i don’t open up anything suspicious anymore. i deleted that e-mail right away without opening it.”
DAMN.
i called kevin who was on his way home. we went to the APL (Animal Protective League, fyi) benefit, then we came home and he stayed up till 11:30, restoring the computer and then doing a scan. he didn’t really find anything.
in the middle of the night i woke up, my scalp itching. must be the hair color, i thought, not a big thing.
i was up for a couple house so i slept later this morning. kevin had been sitting at my computer since seven. he sat there for about five hours, watching it do a huge scan.
oh, but meanwhile? when i looked in the mirror this morning my eyelids were swollen. i had a few red blotches on my neck, and my scalp was now really itchy.
i sat on the couch as kevin looked at my computer, and i felt worse and worse. i was pretty sure i had a temperature, i felt lightheaded, and the eyelids got more puffy. i finally called the doctor, who said i must have an allergic reaction to something, to take benadryl, and if it didn’t work i should come in.
i took the benadryl, i napped, it was no better. i now have a bump on the bottom of my foot that’s swollen so it feels like i’m walking on a big puffy thing on my foot. blotches on my back, my chest, my stomach, my arms, my neck, itchiness…yeah, i probably should have gone to the doctor. it was a miserable, cold, windy day and i didn’t want to go to the doctor. it would probably get better.
it’s not better.
and neither is my computer.
randy said that pam brown had told people different things to do to fix their computers – her son is some computer whiz guy. i e-mailed her this morning and she told me something to download to check for viruses. after kevin’s big scan was complete, the program found a virus and deleted it, but the computer still seems bad. i downloaded the thing pam told me about and it’s running now and will probably take all night.
i finally broke down and took two more benadryl about 15 minutes ago, so soon i’ll be getting verrryyyy sleeeepppy….
maybe in the morning the swelling will be gone and the computer will be fixed.
i took a picture of my messed up eyes but i couldn’t make the memory card fit into kevin’s computer. i kept trying it and it clearly wasn’t working and right now it feels like my nerves are all on edge as well as having this overall itchy, prickly feeling.
jangly, very jangly.
so instead of this picture of me looking a lot like quasimodo, here are some cute pictures of winnie that i took a couple of days ago. he was thoroughly enjoying sitting on the table on the deck outside.
my favorite picture – he could be the Chesire Cat, couldn’t he?
kevin bought him some new, fancy bells, so the birds will have fair warning.
i must rest now before i explode. tomorrow will be a better day, tomorrow will be a better day…
ok then,
optimistic jangly hillbilly grace with deformed-looking eyelids, red splotches, but really great-looking hair.