08 January 2009

Tough Times

The sad state of our economy has caught up to me... as well as all my fellow drivers at the bus company. Hours are WAY off. It's normally a slow time of year anyhow, but it's particularly dismal right now. As a result, and after numerous requests, I've started doing computer repairs for people in the mobile home complex I live in. I was apprehensive at first, it's a bit weird to enter someone's home and start working on a totally unfamiliar computer, but oh well, I need to make some $$$. Most of the work is the usual stuff.... software glitches, viruses, familiarization lessons. I haven't run into any hardware issues yet, but that's a certainty.
Ironically, the one embarrassing thing is my inability to type! Never learned! So, it's "hunt and peck". Somehow, "computer gurus" are expected to be able to type at blazing speed....