i'm currently running through tests of websites to see how badly the virus on my computer is still functioning.
this week, starting monday, was my week for finally digging myself out of the work/email pit that i've fallen into. there was so much to do in getting the middle apartment ready and preparing for thanksgiving dinner that i just had to shut everything else out and put it all on the back burner. this was the week that i had to catch up, because i have a lot of deadlines for a lot of projects all looming pretty much this weekend.
and so, of course, two hours after i sat down on monday to work, i contracted the first ever computer virus that i've ever gotten on this machine.
it started off as something i could work around...and by early tuesday it had completely incapacitated my internet browser.
so...instead of doing the work i needed to do, i've spent this entire week installing new antivirus and anti-malware software...running scans...uninstalling software...and doing a complete system backup.
i just turned the internet back on for the first time five minutes ago.
the virus is still there.
it's currently not too bad, and something that i can work around...but that's how it started last time.
and now, instead of having five days to take care of business, i have about eight hours.
i'm about as stressed-out as it's possible for me to get...and i'm looking at the very real possibility of not being able to fulfill deadlines for projects that i've committed to.
i also lost my iphone earbuds / hands-free headset.
and my new credit card (i cancelled the old credit card and found it six hours later) arrived, and i had it in my hands for three minutes before it completely vanished into thin air. i didn't even take it off the paper it came on.
this has been a truly shitty week.
and there's no end in sight.