I got home and took some Tylenol and Advil for my headache, had some cold refried beans with avocado and salsa, and then I upgraded the RAM in my laptop. I used to have 2 GB of RAM, and my system monitor widget showed my RAM and CPU were nearly always maxed out. I installed 4 GB tonight, even though my laptop is supposedly only able to handle 3 GB, it was cheaper to get the extra GB than to buy a mismatched stick of RAM. After I installed the new memory, I also optimized my system and it runs like new again. Both the CPU and RAM meters are hovering down in the low ranges. Love it!