Meltdown

It happened on Wednesday...my hard drive died a sudden and painful death. I don't know how to explain what the last 3 days have been like. Of course it happened right before I was leaving the country...and right when I had forgotten to back-up my drive for 4 months...and right as I finished my BEAUTIFUL fulbright draft proposal. Yep, timing is everything.

50 hours and $500 later I have a computer with half of my data (the most important stuff NOT included), a computer that doesn't have Microsoft Office on it, and one less 512 MB Sony Memory Stick (because some tech guy at Geek Squad Repair Services decided to pocket it and assures me that it was never in the computer because he never saw it.)

I was ready to give up...until Dody gave me a ray of hope. Proof that unlike the scumsucking crappy memory-stick stealers at Geek Squad there are still some super-great geeks out there.

Please, everyone reading this, go back up your hard drive NOW !! NOW!!! NOW!!! Believe me this is not a pleasant experience. .......