i'm a human...just being

i woke up at 3:43am needing to use the bathroom. as is not uncommon, i couldn't go back to sleep. thankfully, my mind was not racing or worrying. i was feeling quite creative. i've been working on an article about parental guilt for months now. it took another 2 hours this morning, but the first draft is done and is on its way to my trusty friends/editors. hopefully, someone will think it worthy enough to publish. if not, i'll do it myself, dammit!

there's something about the early morning hours that are so peaceful. i haven't been a night owl in years, but i bet a similar tone exists at 1am. no phones ringing, no kids needing anything...just me and my thoughts.

now my thoughts wander to our new computer. i spent over an hour yesterday just messing with the monitor and its connection to the cpu! i worked at a software development company for 5 years - believe me, i know how to set up and de-bug a computer. my educated guess is that they sent us a faulty video cable. the cpu runs fine, and when i hook up our old monitor to it, that works fine. but when i hook up the new flat panel, it gets power but displays nothing but a blank screen.

i suppose life can never be trouble-free, but between my car, my awful rental and the new computer, i wonder what's next. not a great thing to think, but i suppose it's human nature.