I made 2 dumb mistakes last week. Both cost a pretty penny! First, I was creating some graphics (clipart) for a new joke on my website. I wasn’t satisfied with the 100 fonts on my computer, so I went online to fontspace.com to add a few more choices.
I ran a couple errands and when I returned to my computer, I noticed all the text on my browser, my Gmail, and my monitor were slightly distorted! I tried differed glasses, and all the text was still distorted.
The next morning, I went to the eye doctor. I explained that all text on my computer monitor were a little blurry, sort of distorted. I did an eye exam. Nothing new turned up. The doctor wrote me a prescription for “blue light blocker reading glasses.”
I filled the prescription and was told my new glasses would be ready to pick up in about a week. That was on Thursday. On Friday I stayed away from my computer figuring my eyes must be stressed.
On Saturday my wife and I did laundry most of the day, a normal Saturday. On Sunday I looked at my computer and the text was still distorted. I was getting anxious about getting my new glasses. On Sunday after mass, my wife was busy cooking, and I grabbed the extra-large ( and heavy) bed quilt, that our dogs use to wash it. My wife warned me a week earlier that we would need to go to a laundromat to wash it, but while she was distracted I dragged the extra-large quilt into the laundry room, and with all my might, I stuffed it in the washing machine. I even used my shoulder to close the door. Whatever I get in the door will wash, right?
Please know our washer & dryer, Whirlpool – Kenmore have been faithful for 19 years, but on Sunday afternoon, about 20 minutes after I turned the washer on, we heard what sounded like an explosion coming from the laundry. I ran to the laundry room and our washer was doing the “Hokey Pokey dance.” The tub was in, the tub was out! My wife turned off the washer and got upset at me. That day we spent a couple hours at nearby SpinXpress laundry … washing and drying large and extra-large quilts. Since my wife and I have not used a laundromat in the last 25 years, we asked a lot of questions and everyone we talked to was helpful.
On Monday, a tech from Jim’s Appliances came out and told me the washer would cost more to repair than buying a new washer. So, he took his $100 and left. Fortunately, we were able to buy a new washer and had it installed a couple days later.
Oh yeah, the 2nd dumb mistake … coming up. On Thursday I got my new ($200) prescription blue light blocking reading glasses for my computer. I couldn’t wait to test them on my computer. My wife was home for work so she could witness my new look. I turned on my computer wearing my new specs and guess what? The text was still distorted and blurry! I was really upset.
I started rehearsing what I was going to tell my eye doctor. I asked my wife (yeah I know next time to ask her first) to look at my computer monitor and guess what she said? She told me the text on my monitor was distorted and blurry! And I bought those expensive glasses for #$@*!
I asked my wife, “Now what do I do? She told me to call Bestbuy Geeksquad to check my computer and fix it. A couple hours later, tech support tweaked some settings, and all the text was correct and clear. Apparently when I downloaded some new fonts, my settings got messed up. I shared my mistakes with some neighbors at our last coffee meeting and they were laughing with me?
PS: If you get eye stress from your computer monitor, take a break. Funny thing is, if that would have been my real problem, there is a setting on my computer, “System > Display” where you can click on “Night light” … where your monitor uses warmer colors to help block blue light.