Welcome to July!

 Well it is July already. July 2nd to be precise. I am enjoying the longer than usual weekend I am getting. Today we ran some errands and then took a nap after lunch. Rough life, right? 😁

I just finished troubleshooting some computer problems I have been having. Whenever I was plugged directly into my network card I wasn't getting internet access. I was connected to my router but wasn't getting through it to the outside world. I was using a very nice wireless USB device to connect to my WiFi but that would freeze up from time to time and require a full reboot of my system. After 5-6 times a day it got to be too much. 

I tried a new switch in my office; no luck. I tried replacing the network cable I was using to connect to my router and switch; nothing. Then I went into the properties page of my card and noticed my DNS was set to 10.8.8.8. Not sure how or when that happened. I changed it to 8.8.8.8 and VOILA! I have internet again and it is screaming!

I'll reboot in a bit and see how it comes back up after one but from what I can tell it is good to go. Finally!!!

So it's my birthday month. I'm not expecting anything. I'll be 48 and the only person who really ever does anything for my birthday anymore is my wife. if I didn't have her it would literally just be another day in the year for me and I wouldn't even recognize it myself. I haven't gotten any cards or gifts from my mom or kids in years. If I am lucky I get a phone call. Usually I just get a Happy Birthday text. That's it. Just the words Happy Birthday. No birthday or party emojis, nothing else except just Happy Birthday. Which I guess is something because I feel like they were bitching about having to do even that little bit of effort.

Oh well. I'll probably golf on my birthday. It's on a Sunday and I am not on call for work so I have a full free day to do something fun for myself.


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