Success – Photo: L. Weikel

Success!

Well look at that. I ended yesterday’s post with a dream – a vision – of my Dell laptop being in pristine fettle when I awoke. And yes, ladies and gentlemen, I met with success! It was a gamble; the update and attendant restarts were glacially slow. But I am here to bear witness that every once in a while even I can manage to update a system. And this time, miraculously, without S.T. (Son Technology)!

It’s life’s little victories. We need to celebrate them. I felt a huge sense of relief wash over me when I took my first look at the Dell this morning.

If I’d looked at that laptop screen this morning and the progress reported on the updating process had only moved a few percentage points since when I went to bed, I would’ve been devastated. Heck, even if it had moved a bunch – I still would’ve been on the edge of despair had it not completed its process by this morning.

So, yeah. I’m celebrating this ‘win.’ It’s sort of like the feeling I get when I hit <<send>> every night. It’s another post in my pocket. No matter how small, no matter how benign the topic or banal the observations…boom. An internal smile generator.

Emboldened to Move Forward

All this effort to backup my laptop and then update the Windows system was aggravation with a purpose. Beyond being a wise caretaker of my equipment (which I’ll admit is not my forté), I’m laying the groundwork so I can work with other, newer, technologies that are coming into my orbit. It just seemed to be a smart move to have everything working at its highest caliber before taking on something new.

So yes. I was trying to be a responsible caretaker but also setting a secure foundation for future exploration and experimentation.

For now, I’ll take this seemingly small win. It’s only going to lead to greater things.

(T-266)