185. 11 August 2019
Mid-afternoon. Carol is on Chapter 29 of The House of Secrets. Yesterday morning, Paul came over with the boys and he put together your new computer desk for Carol new iMac. It took a couple of hours and you helped by screwing in most of the screws and sliding wood pieces in and gluing where needed to strengthen major parts of the furniture. The boys played with their electronics while listening to a kid's Netflix program in the background. Today, you unboxed the iMac and placed it on the desk. Later, you will crank it up for the first time then after all is settled you'll drop in all her material and pictures from the old iMac which fortunately had been upgraded to Snow Leopard so it can more easily be transferred. - Amorella
1447 hours. The old iMac was from 2008, so it is not as old as I had thought. Anyway, now that we have the furniture in place we can look for a couple of new chairs for the sunroom so it is more usable. The north wall of the room is basically a large window with a sliding door attached at the west side. Very pleasant, relaxing view of the pastoral countryside. I'll just need to buy a footstool to prop my feet up for my MacBook and me to research and write. Yesterday, you said that we would continue with the word 'intent' today.
That I did, orndorff. This time though I am going within the verb form, intend. is the meaning I'm speaking of: "2, design or destine (someone or something) for a particular purpose or end:" - Amorella
1505 hours. I know what this is about.
Tell me. Do tell. - Amorella
1507 hours. Back when I was twelve or thereabouts I had a flash vision that I could become a someone well-known or a regular person. I was shy inbetweener, an introvert, I knew I would not be comfortable with being a 'known' figure in the world. I remember that it was time for me to make up my mind about who I would be when I grew up, that is, what kind of occupation I would take. At the time I thought about being a writer, a newspaper reporter, because I already liked history and politics. It seemed a natural fit from my perspective at the time. Later, in my freshman year at Otterbein, Colonel Thackery, my English professor, talked me out of it because reporters didn't make a long-term decent salary. He said I should be a teacher of English so at least I would have a pension at the end of my career. He had had a good career in the news business -- one of his biggest stories was front page in New York City, writing about the Lindbergh flight across the Atlantic. Yet, here he was working at Otterbein after retirement because he needed the money as a supplement to social security and military. That's how I remember it. Anyway, he convinced me that for lifetime security I was better off teaching English than writing for a newspaper. This was in 1961. That then became my lifetime design and intent: to become a teacher of English. That is what I did. In the late 1970's I began writing science fiction novels for fun and because my audience was secondary to what was needed for writing as a professional novelist I gave up the idea after self-publishing. I never stopped my teaching career. Basically, for my own comfort and economic protection, I taught for 37 years with no regrets since. (1536)
You are home relaxing after a stop at Kroger's for off the shelve medicine for knee joints and for fish oil. Carol suggested Papa John's pizza for supper so that's what you'll have a little later. She is reading her book presently and you are procrastinating the firing up of the new iMac for fear of screwing it up. - Amorella
1731 hours. I would have never written that down myself I assure you. Little truths. I don't have the confidence with electronics like I used to. It started with 'iCloud'. I never can get it to work right so I avoid it. It is one thing to tackle my own computer, but this is Carol's first one in more than a decade. I don't want to screw it up because I'll pay hell for it if I do.
Don't be so figurative, Mr. Orndorff. Besides, this is much more about your pride on knowing things than listening to Carol being upset for a couple days. - mh
1740 hours. True to the fact. It is about pride. I used to know stuff. I remember in the 1980's when I had to fix Dad Hammond's VCR. I always felt good knowing how to fix it and cable TV problems. Now, when in doubt I have to ask Paul to fix the cable or some sort of electronic apparatus. He always helps cheerfully, but still, I should to be able to do these things myself.
You use me to help you write. - Amorella
1748 hours. Of course, I do. You said you'd help me and you have. You are kind and I think of you as a spiritual friend. I would like to think that I don't need help from time to time but I know better. I am being childish and arrogant. I know better. Time for me to stop and relax for the rest of this evening.
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