Today started out as a great day. I went to an interview at the school this morning to drop off my paperwork for my demonstration teaching and pre-clinical experiences and had a great talk with the vice-principal. After leaving there I met Will and we went shopping and had a bite to eat at Applebee’s for lunch. Soon after arriving home, I got on my laptop and started checking email and all of sudden my screen zapped and went blank.Huh?
I could still hear it humming so it did not lose power.. I told Will that my laptop’s screen burned out. He came over and started messing with it. And then he asked me when the last time was that I saved everything to the external hard drive.
Huh?
Oh-boy… he is not going to like my answer. I explained to him that I had not saved anything because I was expecting him to do so. He then proceeded to get the other laptop (thank-goodness I have a husband who likes computers because we have 4 of them so I was not completely hung out to dry). He hooked up the external drive and found that is was current up to August with family photos only.
Huh?
I lost all my stuff!! At this moment I’m trying desperately not to go into a panic mode. I just kept thinking of the positive, at least I still have another laptop to use and we still have most of our photos, but oh-snap…all my school work and many, many more things were on that laptop. I really wanted that laptop with me till the end of my college courses. On a positive note, I only have one more semester left of classes.
Don’t get the wrong impression, this other laptop that I’m using is wonderful.. It’s just that I had an attachment to the other one and now I feel like I’ve lost a friend!! B000-for me! I should have been more diligent with saving stuff on the external hard drive.
Lesson Learned.
By the way, I thought the joke below would fit well with this post…. ENJOY!!
Jesus and Satan have a discussion as to who is the better programmer. This goes on for a few hours until they come to an agreement to hold a contest, with God as the judge.
They sit themselves at their computers and begin. They type furiously, lines of code streaming up the screen, for several hours straight. Seconds before the end of the competition, a bolt of lightning strikes, taking out the electricity. Moments later, the power is restored, and God announces that the contest is over.
He asks Satan to show what he has come up with. Satan is visibly upset, and cries, "I have nothing. I lost it all when the power went out."
"Very well, then," says God, "let us see if Jesus fared any better."
Jesus enters a command, and the screen comes to life in vivid display, the voices of an angelic choir pour forth from the speakers. Satan is astonished.
He stutters, "B-b-but how? I lost everything, yet Jesus' program is intact. How did he do it?"
God smiled all-knowingly, "Jesus saves."
