I Just Don't Understand

Yesterday was a very strange day. After having worked on one thing or another for the past 10 days to 2 weeks, yesterday morning around 9:30, I finished the last item on my then current to-do list.

This work-a-thon was to clear the decks in preparation for my next stint of 10 busy days.

Instant Shutdown

When I finished the last task on my list, almost immediately my brain shut down.

Even the most menial task was too much...among other things, I had forgotten how to log into Twitter.

My response was to back off and let my brain take its well deserved rest.

I napped, listened to music, went out for something to eat, watched what was happening on the street and similar challenging tasks.

Yes...a truly difficult day.

By mid-afternoon, after a fair chunk of time spent doing da nada, it was time to get ready for my 5:15 class. About the same time, glimmers of totally unrelated ideas started popping into my brain.

As I had done when my brain shut itself down, I just let it be. I had no idea what was happening or where it was heading.

On the bus ride to San Jose, these random ideas started to come together into some kind of a pattern, still totally beyond my comprehension.

By the time I had arrived in downtown San Jose, this thought pattern was in full flight, heading somewhere on its own. I was an innocent and very confused witness to what was happening.

Eureka!

It was part way through my pre-class snack of roast beef on a pannini, (I needed something familiar) that everything came together with a resounding..and mercifully silent...Eureka!

With minimal conscious input, I had come up with a new way of analyzing the traffic to my website.

The bad news was that with the next 10 days completely planned, the process would have to continue on its own.

But the strangeness does not end there.

When I met Gustavo for our class, we started as we usually do, by chatting about what each of us had done since we last met. He had spent most of the past week working. This came as no surprise because he admits to being a work-a-holic.

Tech Support

Unprompted by me, he said that first thing in the morning, he had been unable to focus on what he had to do. He had even forgotten how to log on to his company's Intranet...so had to call tech support for help.

After identifying himself, he explained his problem...with much embarrassment.

While working through the resolution, the technician commented that Gustavo was the 22nd person in Latin America...to that point in the day...to have had the same problem.

Normally, tech support receives 1-2 such requests in each 24-hour day.

There are lots of things I just don't understand.

But that's OK.

I'll just forget about them and get on with doing something I do understand.