Monday 10 August 2009 - Zap! and It Was Gone...
In a valiant attempt to both keep this blog alive and kicking (or alive, anyway) and preserve some memories, I sat down over the weekend and spent some time writing up a post about a trip Spaz, Fuzz, & I took last week to visit our cousins in Columbus. We were having quite the storm outside as I typed, so I was running my laptop on battery. I was nearly finished when I noticed my battery was getting low, so I went to hit save-- just as the power blinked off, momentarily knocking out the wireless router. You guessed it: all my words, well over an hour’s worth of work, vanished into cyberspace somewhere.
We've all had this sort of thing happen in one form or another, so I don't need to tell you how disappointing and FRUSTRATING this is! Nor do I need to tell you how much I am kicking myself for writing my post directly on the blog rather than in Word. I lament the loss of my post not just because it would have been nice to have it on my blog for my readers (let's face it- these days it is nice to get anything up on my blog!), but because it nicely preserved the memories for me. Although I used to write about trips and adventures in our "memory journals", it has been years since I kept one of those, and I rarely write about such things in much detail anymore. This post, like many, wasn't just for my blog, it was for me. And I liked the way it was turning out.
Oh well. I also don't need to tell you that I don't have time or inclination to rewrite the post in its entirety, so you're just going to get some highlights... later.
On another note, we were supposed to leave today (Monday) for yet another mini-vacation, this time with Hubz, to his friend's cabin an hour north. But shortly after our arrival home Thursday evening, Hubz and I relunctantly decided to cancel --or at least postpone and drastically shorten-- the cabin trip. After being slow for the better (or worse!) part of a year, Hubz has some work in and he needs to stay home and do it. Work good, canceling vacation bad. It just makes me that much more glad that the kids & I made our little trip last week.
Huh. Guess Biz will have to cancel that wild party he was going to have in the empty house...
And just think: had I been sitting in an internet-free cabin relaxing as I am supposed to be right now, I would not be writing this utterly boring blog post. I suppose there's a bright side to everything.
Stay tuned...
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Posted by Anonymous
Are you sure it's gone for good? I remember having that happen to me once and my husband worked some kind of computer magic that restored it. Forget exactly how. Who am I kidding? I have no idea what he did.
At least you had a nice little vacation. :o)
I'm hosting a homeschooling carnival on my Home Spun Juggling blog. If you are interested, I would love to see an entry from you!
Peace and Laughter,
Cristina