Things this Mercury Retrograde has put on the fritz:

-my Polar heart rate monitor watch (as the repairman said, "She's a dead soldier."). Had to buy a replacement. Working out has been brutal because I set calorie goals and now I'm adrift because I have no way of gauging workouts. It is making me lackadaisical.

-my Kindle. On top of not having my heart rate monitor, I have nothing to focus my attention since my Kindle has been sent back in exchange for a Kindle II.

-my new router. It's currently being used as an expensive jack extension since it's fickle about its wifi functionality. Homeboy needs to understand who he's working for.

-my car key/my car. On the way here, the comfort access malfunctioned so it wouldn't let us in the car. On top of that, the key's buttons no longer worked. Luckily, Michael has my spare so the buttons on that one worked, but comfort access is still wonky. I have to take it in. This car drives me crazy.

-my GPS system. The number of times it's tried to get me to turn the wrong way down a one way street, or completely lost my position.

Other little electronic malfunctions to my laptop, phone and ipod. Can't wait for the retrograde to be over. Can't wait to stop thinking about the past (another symptom of the retrograde).