Quicken nightmares... The program may have developed a dysfunction.

Date:   8/9/2006 9:19:09 PM ( 18 y ago)

6:54 PM
August 9
or is today August 10th?

My computer is acting out.
The date appears to be August 9
Wednesday--
but the Quicken is indicating
that the date is August 10.

I went to the edge today
attempting to create a Report
for our Internet and Cable Bill.

I could not believe I was having so much trouble
doing this.

The problem was that I pay the Internet
out of one account split among various housemates
and pay the Cable out of another account
split among the housemates.

I wanted to pay online...
but the amount owed was generated
from a past owned amount minus a
a refund. These tallies did not equal
the funds collected for the month.

The bill online does not separate Cable
from Internet. This added one more complication.

I created various kinds of Registers and finally a Report
to show the information I wanted.

It took many, many hours, and was injurious
to my body.

At one point I called Lee, my ally accountant
who gives me coaching. He is Vice President
of a major accounting firm that does my yearly
report as a contribution.

His message was stop worrying and enjoy my life.
That is usually his message.

He told me I worry more than his wife!
Presumably, she worries a lot.

After many hours of this tedious, arduous,
and traumatic experience attempted to create
a report that is basically all about wanted to get
it right--I finally was able to see the results.

Next thing I know, one of the Catagories
that gives me this information starts to show up
absolutely wrong.

So then, I switch the catagory to income,
and then back to expense.

Hah! Now it will show up as an expense.

Next thing I know...the program crashes.
When I open it, it refuses to show me this
catagory as an expense...It says expense,
but generates the reports as if the catagory
is income.

So where am I now?

I better let it go before, the Quicken program
gets so incompetent that I can't depend on
the countless hours I have invested to set up
all these reports.

As it stands now, I am now sure,
if I can really count on this Quicken.

I am going to make sure my transactions are
all downloaded and then see if I can save a copy
tomorrow.

It is profound to imagine I am spending my time this
way.

A really big part of me knows that doing this
was inconsequencial. I got all stuck in the mode
of wanting to get it right.

Yesterday, I received an email
from friend Ariella who was talking about
August 8 through the upcoming days
being really special from a Cosmic Viewpoint.

I am going to blog her report elsewhere.

At one point late this afternoon, I was
feeling to make amends to God and the Universe
for how I spent my day, but at least I GOT IT RIGHT.

Then the glitch came.

So what is the message?
I am going to have to sleep on that one.

Leslie
in Cyberspace

 

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