Wasted Days and Wasted Nights

Sometimes, I feel like my time on the computer is wasted days and wasted nights. And tonight was a good example.   I was doing things on the computer, using the Internet, and after a while, got frustrated because my email would not download.  Well, after my computer had been working very nicely, thank you, on the Internet, all of a sudden, that stopped. 

So, I reset the modem, the router, and the computer three times. Because it seemed to be working and then stopped, and Microsoft offered to detect the problem and fix it, it took me almost 2 hours to do this.  So, then I called the Internet provider service.  We spent another 40 or so minutes trying fix the computer and could not.  We set up an appointment so a technician could come to me home, Wednesday to check the system. (So what am I supposed to do between now and Wednesday?)

Well, I went back onto the system, to the Internet options, and did what it said not to do, unless I could not use the Internet.  I reset the Internet connections to the default settings.  I have had to do this a couple of times recently, but under different circumstances:  my email would work, but the Internet explorer options would not. Well, shazam! Tonight this fixed both the Internet connection and the email connection.

I am not sure why this happens. I did not hit any buttons or go to any sites that I do not normally use.  This is so frustrating to me.  And the time waiting for everything to reset is interminable.  Except, I got the library book I was reading and made good progress in it. 

But this time working on computer connectivity really is wasted days and wasted nights.

Amenities and Services

So, I am going to a national conference in a high dollar hotel in Atlanta, Georgia.  I am looking forward to this conference. I am going as a board member for a not for profit social service organization.  I am not sure I will get to do much sight seeing in Atlanta, but that is not the reason I am going to Atlanta.

I was checking out the amenities and services of the hotel. I am used to looking for economy motels that offer all kinds of services.  The hotel I am going to offers wireless access for $14.95 a day. That is nuts! I know this is a big city hotel, and it caters to business people who have expense accounts, and can expense their wireless service.

I like to travel with my laptop.  I am trying to decide if I want to travel with my laptop this time, knowing that I will not pay $14.95 for wireless access at the hotel. 

Even if I do not have wireless access, I can do notes and blogging off line, and upload it at a later date. 

Hmmm. I will have to decide what to do.