Sunday, May 31, 2026

Computer frustration

 I have been struggling all day and that's okay. I think I pretty much got the problem fixed that I was struggling with but I had to end up calling my son to help me with the computer problem I was having. It's Sunday morning so of course we did breakfast it was a little late getting started but finally my son and the two kids showed up. We had a good breakfast it was enjoyable we did not linger as we usually do we had things to do Mark Anthony had to do some music stuff and I had to get the kid Letters Out. I really wanted to get them out today but that's not going to happen partially because of the problem I was struggling with. It always seems to happen and I can never figure out on my own how to resolve the problem. I don't know it's just me but printers intimidate the hell out of me. So of course today I finally get to the point where I'm going to do the printing. I wanted to get the envelopes printed first and then the letters themselves I guess it didn't really matter but that's how it felt to me the best way to go about the problem and of course I could not get the printer to work. I just randomly started pressing anything it said printer on it and going through the process that I've done in the past eventually allowing me to print what I was trying to print. This situation never got to that point I ended up printing two letters or two envelopes and that was it. But I keep going through the process so the little printer on the screen on my computer kept showing up every time I'd print so I knew that a print command was being stored somewhere. I thought at one time I just print through them that didn't happen finally in my frustration I called my son Marc Anthony who really knows how to really work on these printers. I'd seen him in the morning remember and I knew that he was going to be somewhat busy today but I gave him a call anyway and he said he had and he did. It didn't take him long to resolve the problem and soon I had envelopes printed. I'll see what the print the letters themselves because they were on this tablet and somehow this tablet can tie into the printer independently of the computer system that alleviates a lot of stress. I also realized I still have one letter I need to write. It's a little disheartening but it'll be good when I'm finished.


I used to be fairly smart when it came to working on computers. I was never brilliant but I was somewhat functional and actually assisted other individuals less functional than I. Of course I always had somebody I would go to who knew a lot more than I did there at the office. But I could usually work out the problem if it wasn't too significant. But as the system seem to get more and more complicated so was my stress levels. Now I know enough not to even try to play like I understand what's going on with my computer. I'll still give it a shot to see if I can inadvertently hit the right keys in the right sequences to get the job done but I'm glad I have someone to call on when I need to.


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