Damn Crappy Lemons!

Just got off the phone with Justin, the repair guy. My hard drive is fried/defective/fatal/etc. etc. CRAP! I had such hopes. Just went through my camera card, not much there, I used to be afraid to delete anything even after I downloaded it to the computer Recently I have gotten into the habit of deleting it from the camera each time I get it onto the computer. Well, I have lost some of my photos, a LOT actually, a lot of BIRDs, Trees, AND Clouds that I have taken lately. Plus, I haven't even dared to think about "remembering" all the trips lately and the around town artsy stuff, stored in several files on the desktop. I lost most of my San Francisco photos, except for the ones I put on Flickr, but I still have my photos from Savannah and Charleston, so I have to be grateful for that. Justin said they can send it off, but the cost starts at $200. and can get as high as $1200. for that kind of recovery. Not prepared to go to that extreme.

Well, this is one of the days I can feel thankful that I am on anxiety meds. For I am just reasonably frantic, not having a total meltdown. On my way out to pick up my new computer, get Hub to install it, then I will move on to making crappy lemonade out of my crappy lemons! Will be spending all my extra money now, buying little flash drives to store my photos on. I sure as heck won't put anything on the desktop. I know....this thing that happened may never happen again. But I sure as heck will take time to back EVERYTHING up from now on.