QotD: If at first you don't succeed...

What have you tried in life that you just weren't very good at?

Programming. When I was 15, Brad helped me write a program to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit in BASIC (for my computer class). I understood how we got the finished product, If/Then and whatnot..... but could not have gotten there on my own! I just don't think like that. I must get from A to B on the more meandering path :-)

On a related topic, when Brad went to Mississippi earlier this year to be with his family, he was gone one month. Eventually, about three weeks into his visit, all FOUR of our movie watching devices weren't working. Have you ever thought your home had an electronic ghost?

1)Arwen kicked the sound system (the one hooked up to the mac mini) and I couldn't get the sound back no matter what combination of buttons I pushed. Brad figured it out, but I don't remember what he told me. Sorry, Brad.
2) The monitor for the playroom dvd/vcr seemed fried. I changed the brightness/contrast/tint, also in all manner of combinations. (Turns out it was just on the wrong input. I watched The Devil Wears Prada with that awful picture.)
3) An old, but capable laptop that the children use just stopped working. Still not sure what Brad did to fix that.
4) Seth slipped a piece of craft felt into my laptop dvd. We never had to send it off for fixing because Brad bought the new Air and I'm using his hand-me-down.

I know I'm inept, but I have my guru back :-)