I have lost my mind!

I guess you don't realize how much you depend on a thing until it's not there anymore. My brain is gone. Our laptop, that is.

Our laptop is deader than a doornail and we have lost everything on it. The hard drive is kaput and every picture that I have taken in the last 3 years that I did not have printed on a hard copy is gone. My baby pictures are gone. I nearly cried. Then I started to realize that every really great shot is probably on my blog. YAY!

Yes. You might be inclined to advise me about the importance of having important information on a separate hard drive. I assure you, any advice about backing up all important information is a smidge late and given my current mood regarding things computer related - potentially ill-received... :) A joke. Sort of.

Anyway, I feel like I have fallen off the edge of the information highway into the abyss of yesterday's news. Please call me with any newsworthy thing you may have, as checking emails and blogs are no longer a part of my everyday life! I have even gotten lonesome for my friends, because I can't cheat and catch up on you by reading your blog - I should just pick up the phone and call for goodness sakes!!

It's not all bad - things seem to get a bit simpler, perhaps even slow down a tad when you're not constantly checking blogs and emails. This computer-less blast from the past may be just what the doctor ordered for the holidays...

As for losing my baby pictures, it still pains me to think about it.