Working From Home . . .
What Could Go Wrong?!
DEFINITELY NOT my most productive morning since working from home!
Full Disclosure: Having a relatively frustrating morning, with, you guessed it … my computer! So, probably a short post today.
DOUBLE Full Disclosure: Taking a Tea Time Out, breathing and … over it now!
FIRST AND FOREMOST – amazing colleagues! I can’t say enough about everyone I work with at the Computer Help Desk! Thanks everyone! And they are doing the same for Students, Staff and Faculty with knowledge, humour and steadfast patience!
My laptop went wonky this morning! Still a bit wonky, but still doing what it does best – allow me to work from home during these interesting times! Everyone was quick to help, offer suggestions and give advice and I am back doing my morning OAC post!
The only downside, would seem to be my bookmarks/Favourites in Edge have gone rogue! And if THAT is the worst thing that has happened on ‘Yet Another Manic Monday‘, then I am good to go with that! I spent the better part of the morning finding and re-setting my bookmarks and access to them. NAILED IT! Well, maybe … THUMBTACKED IT!
I had to take my own advice and just … let it go! I can easily, slowly, rebuild my Favorites and just keep on working at home! A few things that I always try to remember and put into perspective:
- PERSPECTIVE! Yup, just how important is it.
- Tea! Better than coffee for stress reduction
- Meditation – just letting things go. Thanks to Henri at UVic’s Multifaith!
- Breathing … kind of a sub-category, at least for me!
Not too much more. Those work for me and me alone. Yes, a big bag of oversimplification, but, it works for me.
So, a perspective story! My lawnmower started on the second try this weekend! YAY! But the rip cord to start it .. RIPPED OUT! So, standing there, lawnmower RUNNING and no way to start it again … Command Line Decision – just start cutting and don’t stop! Just like in Finding Nemo – “Just keep swimming!”, except … mowing the lawn!
I even emptied the catch bag – WHILE IT WAS RUNNING – and kept on mowing! Whew, finished frontyard, lane, alleyway and backyard in about 50 minutes while on FULL THROTTLE!
Makes a good story and then the best part – there are kits to replace the staring cable for under $10!
In hindsight,it was not as stressful as at the moment! But … I decided to …. just keep mowing, just keep mowing and it relieved my stress! Thanks Dori!
I also did a previous post on “Relieving Stress . . . International Words and Self-Care Trends”
And I leave you with some great UVic and other sites on stress including BC and Canadian government sites.
Enjoy!
- 10 Ways to Cope with Anxiety about Coronavirus (COVID-19) (UVIC)
- Ways to cope if you are in isolation due to COVID-19 (UVIC)
- Anxiety and Stress (UVIC)
- Managing COVID-19 Stress (BC Government)
- COVID-19 (BC Centre for Disease Control)
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (Canada)
- World’s Most Advanced Lawnmower
As long as there are words out there, there will be interesting topics!
ENJOY!
TTFN!
Most Insane Lawnmowers
Full Disclosure
Did you know that coffee dates back to 800 A.D.? And that in Arabic, it literally translates into ‘wine’! Cool! There are multiple links below, as always, and you can try a few out and find out even MORE interesting facts about the World’s Most Popular Beverage, by far –
As long as there are words out there, there will be interesting topics! 
Full Disclosure
And of course, one of the biggest blockbusters of all time, Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and prequel The Hobbit, contain MANY made up languages by J.R.R. Tolkien! And another 
