Tuesday, October 13, 2020

I hope today gets better.

I hope today gets better.  I haven't slept well / much in the last two days.  I've also been exceptionally hot, to the point where I actually turned the air conditioner back on (we'd turned it off since the mornings have been cool recently).  Anyone who knows me knows that I don't get hot.  I wear long pants and hoodies in this Alabama heat.  I wear hoodies indoors 99% of the time.  There is always a blanket on me when I'm chilling on the couch.  But lately I am a sweaty mess.  After starting to cramp last night I'm thinking that these are fun new PMS symptoms.  Woohoo.  /sarcasm

Since I'm obviously feeling super great and rested and smart and patient, of course things went well with my quiz this morning.  I logged into the Team meeting and got called out for not having my webcam on, which was mandatory for taking the quiz.  But I had turned my camera on, and the switch at the top of the meeting showed that it was on; however, the screen where I should have appeared was black.  Just as well because when I tried to access the quiz with the password I couldn't do get it to work.  My computer froze up and crashed.  By this point I was far past flustered; I wasn't even sure I'd be allowed to take the quiz.  Thankfully, when I got booted up and rejoined the meeting (with a working camera this time), the professor let me take it.

There were only 4 questions and I made it through ONE.  Whatever happened with my computer, it wasn't a fast reboot and it was sluggish after that.  So opening the quiz took forever.  Me struggling through a problem took forever, as my anxiety was up and I was trying not to think about what the hell was wrong with my computer.  My concentration was gone.  Then when it was time to upload a photo of my work, that ALSO took forever.  It was awful and my grade is going to take a hit because of that.  (My teacher did give me the same amount of time as everyone else even though I joined the meeting a whopping 15 minutes late, but after struggling through one problem I knew that I wouldn't make it though a whole 'nother problem, especially with how slow my computer and my brain were running.)

ANYWAY.  I'm hoping that that was the worst part of my day.  If not, well, I don't even know.  But I hope your Tuesday started off less stressful than mine.

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