My computer became seriously ill last week. I did all I could but finally had to submit it to a higher authority. It went in hospital on Thursday.
I practiced my very best French – not the language, but the attitude: a persistent inability to comprehend and accept the word 'NON'. Through perseverance and generally making myself a first class nuisance I was able to encourage the nice people to have it ready for me yesterday afternoon.
The sad news is they were unable to diagnose the problem (I can do THAT!). The sadder news is that, in a last ditch effort to repair the damn thing it they reformatted the hard drive. (I can do THAT, to!) The saddest news is that, somehow, they managed to corrupt half of my data files (Haven't a clue how to do that!)
So, my website is only there in bits and pieces. My photo albums are only there in bits and pieces. My…you get the picture. My sanity is only here in bits and pieces.
Now that I have had a calming moment of putting my horrors into words I shall get back at it. It took me until an hour ago to reinstall all of the software so I have only just realized that files were corrupt.
On another note, my fist hand should be back to normal in about a week and mon mari assures me that the dents in the wall will be easily repaired. I expect the dogs will stop cowering shortly.
He also assures me that he will make dinner and have a glass of champagne waiting for me when I have finished/pack it in the the night. Smart man, mon mari…..
PS: As to Weekend Herb Blogging, I had planned on participating but ALL OF MY RECIPES ARE IN THE G– D—- F—–G CORRUPT FILES!!!!! er, excuse me for shouting.., my recipes are currently unavailable to me. Perhaps next week….
I am here to tell you – you can survive this. I have experienced this same wonderful ultimate failure of technology twice so that I can now claim to have started the same blog not once, not twice but three times. Scream Data Corruption. And I worry everyday when it will happen again.
Life is never perfect, I’ll be happy with just hobbly along.
Good luck and peace.
Gosh I’m so sorry to hear your computer went bonkers on you. Hope you find peace in the champagne bubbles.
Maybe in the future you could consider backing up your files (every 10days-2 weeks)… it sure makes sleeping easier at night! 🙂
Katie,
You seem to have followed all the correct procedures when things go amiss, colorful language, pounding on walls, and a certain amount of screaming. From first hand experience I can endorse all of them. However, if I may, I think a bottle of rum would be helpful. I don’t mean in place of the glass of champagne but rather in addition to it.
Mike
We will all be waiting until you are up and running full force-do not stress-we all will and have gone through these hair-pulling computer hic-cups!
I sort of had backups – it was the first ‘restore’ that was corrupted. Unfortunately the second set were quite old….I know better, too, sigh….I just don’t seem to learn.
Mike, thanks for the tip. I’ll start keeping a bottle in the drawer, next to the backups….
Hello to you Katie,
I love to visit your blog and I hope it will be soing nice again. Next week herb blogging will be another adventure, till then enjoy all the delicious things presented by others and drink another glas of champagne.
:))
Yes, you will survive. But oh how awful!
So sorry. Take solace in food.