Waving My White Flag

I'm just waving a white flag today as I'm desiring only to climb back into bed pull the covers over my head and go to sleep and pretend that today has been nothing more than a very bad dream.

The day began by waking up entirely too early due to an unfortunate disturbance that caused me to awaken suddenly without possibility of returning to sleep. Of course, I could have enjoyed a wonderful cup of coffee all by myself and enjoyed the peace and tranquility of the early morning, but NO. Mr. Big woke up within seconds of me and that was that. So, I gave up my moment of alone and began the day. I discovered that I neglected to notice that we were out of towels and I did not do any laundry all weekend due to my busy remodeling. I had forgotten to start the dishwasher, a dog had gotten sick, I couldn't find my shoes, and I just didn't want to go in to the shop but I had to.

I made it to the shop early but entirely too frazzled for words. Hubby had driven my car into the shop and I had to drive his car which makes me uncomfortable as it is, but to drive on the highway with it during rush hour is just beyond fun.

The morning picked up and my billing and various other duties were going along so smoothly I was thrilled! Then it happened. My computer froze. It was quite odd to say the least. Then it shut down. Now I'm panicked. I said a prayer (I really did) and turned it back on. The computer displayed a very strange picture that I had never seen before and then it shut down again. That's when I started crying. Say it isn't so! I tried to remain positive and rushed to schedule an appointment at the Genius Bar and rushed out the door to make it on time. That's when they delivered the bad news. The hard drive died. It was nothing I did, but it had just failed. They would try to retrieve the information...no, I'm sorry, the drive is unreadable. But, you did back it up to an external hard drive, right? Uh. What? Suddenly I felt like Carrie Bradshaw, clutching my Mac Book with tears streaming down my cheeks saying, "Why does everyone tell you this when it's already gone???" They referred me to a specialty company who "might" be able to retrieve my files, but they might not be able to. But, they'd be willing to take a $1000 of your hard earned cash to let you know. But, at least you were smart enough to purchase apple-care, so the new hard drive is on us.

Three hours later I was leaving the mall with my laptop clutched in my arms, my heart broken and the past two years of my life gone, completely gone.

So, I have spent the past few hours attempting to rebuild what I can recall and let go of the rest.

But, I can assure you that I will be backing up to an external hard drive EVERY day from now on.

Please learn from my mistakes. Back-up, save, whatever you need to do to ensure you don't lose your information.

I had no warning, no virus, nothing to alert me of what was to come. My computer was only 2 years old too. You just never now.