Can You Appreciate a Virus?

October 3^rd is a busy day!

There is so much to choose from…  

Techies Day,

Virus Appreciation Day or

Balloons Around The World Day.

Of course, I am most intrigued

by Virus Appreciation Day…

Virus Day – sure,

I could work with that…

But, Appreciation?

The form of Virus being appreciated

today is the computer kind.

And yet, I do not feel appreciative!

 I do breathe a quiet sigh of relief

 each time my internet protection’s

 monthly report tells me

I am still safe from nasty viruses.

  Not long ago, I was sitting here,

calmly cruising the internet,

checking in on different sites –

 when…

it all went wrong!

Things started flashing

 on the screen…

 there was a lot of red…

flashing red!

There were pages shutting down

 and pages opening…

 My head started spinning

with the sudden chaos.

I could imagine sirens

screaming around me…

My computer had caught a cold…

 it had a virus…

It shut down

and resorted to a coma-like state.

 I couldn’t revive it!

Nothing would bring it back!

There was nothing I could do,

 but take my computer

to the doctor.

 A week later,

I reunited with my computer,

 but our relationship

was never the same…

 the computer never returned

to its pre-virus state.

I find it difficult

to Appreciate Viruses –

today or any other day!

It only took a few seconds

of googling

before I realised that

Techies Day and

Virus Appreciation Day

are actually linked!

The techies are the ones

who fix the computers,

install the products and generally

keep them working.

At work, it’s important

to be friendly with the techies!

 You just never know

when things will suddenly fall apart

 and you have to get down

on your knees

and crawl to the techies!

I’m very happy to celebrate

Techies Day –

thanks Techies!

If I was clever enough,

I’d turn balloons into a

bunch of computers and I’d

have all three days covered!