Getting Back to Normal

They say "normal" is just a setting on the dryer, and in these turbulent days we find ourselves in, "normal" should really be kept in quotes because its definition seems somewhat more elusive than it was just a few short years ago.

For example, it was normal in 2019 to see Jehovah's Witnesses going about in nearby neighbourhoods knocking on doors or setting up downtown with their carts of literature. And they were suddenly gone until just recently. Just as of, I think, 2 or maybe 4 weeks ago, they started setting up the carts in their old haunts again.

I haven't personally made my way over to question them yet since they have re-emerged, ...but I will. I'm also looking forward to seeing videos from those that really enjoy "cart crashing". That was the "normal" a few short years ago.

So I've been uploading more Bridget videos in the last couple of weeks as you may have noticed. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

 

When Life Takes Some Unexpected Turns

Beginning in the fall of 2021, like many others, I had a few unexpected events in my life that started a downward trend. I got a bit depressed, and slowly didn't care much about what was happening in my life. It was almost too much to bear. I won't bore you with a litany of disasters, but one of my business troubles came after an upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 without doing much research. It caused a few issues that were quite frustrating to deal with, including, but not limited to, being able to download Bridget's videos and the picture.

One of the video downloader sites I'd been using for quite some time had been bought by another company, and the steps to download a video quickly went from simple to frustrating. 

There was a new video editor with Windows and it was quite different from the one I'd been used to in Windows 10. Also I'd been using the Windows Snipping Tool to capture the pic that gets used for each video, and it was suddenly not working the way it was supposed to. 

I'd do Shift+WindowsKey+S which would open the Snipping Tool (on Windows 10) and it worked every time. With Windows 11 the picture would not come up right after hitting those buttons. I mean, it would bring up the window which just appears at the top of the screen to let you know you're in that mode, but after I'd take the picture it just would not open and I could not figure out why. I've since figured out a workaround but it sucks and still doesn't work like it used to.

One more. I am a self-employed businessman and the Invoicing program I had been using for several years did some goofy things after installing Windows 11, and it was a bit of a nightmare to get it back working again. I need to use that program and I had to put some things on hold until I could get it fixed. Eventually I did figure it out, but it actually took a couple of weeks.

All these things plus a few other events were conspiring to make my life not much fun for awhile, but, I'm happy to say, things are not so dark, gloomy and sad any more. I've come out of my funk and things are working out again, which is why I've been able to start uploading Bridget from AZ videos again, praise God!

Anyway, my positive message for today is sometimes the Lord leads you into a place where you just need to rely on Him for wisdom and discernment. Sometimes life can be rough, but if you hang in there you can get past the crap and wake one morning to brighter day.

Cheers!