As many of you know...or have guessed ..or have gossiped..or have said in your head...I am on the edge...about ready to lose it. Ha..
Well if this does not push me over..then I do not know what will...really...I mean..I want to bang my head against the wall...hard ..VERY HARD.
Oh and if you have not guessed...this is a VENT.
Now there is a rule to comment on this blog entry. And yes you all must comment...so you just need to follow the rule. Deal?
Thursday I posted this BLOG entry from my heart...I said how much I depended on my blog and the support it gave me. I even think I said..or I said to my self..yes I do talk to myself often..that I really think my blog has held me together.
Not an hour later I come back in my room to lay down and I go to log on to my computer and guess what? Any guessed? My computer would not turn on. Then it did...and when it did I got the blue screen of death. The one that says haha you are in TROUBLE. My heart sank and I felt sweaty and panicked...
Off to best buy I went...cause I have a warranty..and the computer is not even a year old..and I am going to explain to them that I NEED my computer...it is my lifeline...and they will roll their eyes and think..wow this chick has no life..
So I go into best buys and I see the GEEK squad guy who looks like a geek so he must be smart and I am sure he can take away the blue screen. He looks at me and says..wow that is impressive...for such a new computer. Impressive is not the words I was thinking...
Then he says..well good news...Okay..I feel so much better hearing those words..Your computer hard drive is gone....wow..where is the good news in that? He then says..we can get that fixed and the new one is covered...oh there is the good news...okay..Now let me ask the important stuff..How long and can I get my stuff back?
Hey Mr Geek boy...can you tell how we will get all my pictures off of my broken hard drive? He says with I swear a smirk..well the thing is I can TRY to do a back up for you but it cost..well my pictures are priceless...TRY NOW. And he goes and I watch and I see NADA. Nothing pops up on the screen. I am starting to sweat again..He says..we the hard drive is not giving up the pictures ...so you will just need to depend on your back up....CRAP ...back up..I knew and I know...I suck. I did not do a back up...I blame Jim..He did not do it. But really it is too late..and I am sick with dread...
So I say to him...Oh please please help me..I do not have a back up and I have so many pictures on there and I NEED them..and it goes on and on..He then says..well we can try to send it off to a white .or was it a clean room..well some type of room...that can go the extra step to try to get the data off...So I say okay...let's do it...NOW
Then he says we can send it off and TRY ..Praying and bargaining begins..then he says..once we get it back we then can do the required diagnostic testing on the hard drive to show the warranty company that the hard drive is bad and then send the computer to the other company and get it fixed.
Umm..Mr Geek boy...how long will it be until I get my computer back..a few weeks? He says..no plan on 7 to 8 weeks..This is where I can not say what I thought..but it was bad..really bad bad bad. But what choice do I have....
Okay Mr Geek Boy...let's get it sent...and I signed it off...and they said it would be sent and they would call me..Oh please call me sooon and tell me you have my pictures..I promise and pinky swear to always back up my pictures...
Then I realised..I was really scared about my pictures. Memories of my family . Memories of our special times. Christmas, Family trips...and pictures of my sweet 18 year old kitten we gave to Philip for his first birthday that just died...Oh please I need my pictures...
As I was leaving I saw my special friend Mike who is a manger Best Buys who came up to give me a hard time.cause that is what we do..and I started to cry..Poor Mike backs up and says what in the world is wrong..so I tell him...He tells me to calm down and he went to talk to Geek Boy. Mike is worried about the hard drive and the chance of pictures but we are trying. And he helped me borrow a computer...so I left feeling better. But still so worried...
Now...I need to add..I have NO pictures...NO email addresses at all...NOTHING..so please email me with a hello so I can add you to my address book..please...
So you think that is enough..NOPE..
Today Cole had Tball. Camera was dead..so we put the battery on charge and took the camera..We told Emily to bring the battery when she came. The phone rings and she is hysterical...she has lost the battery on the way there. It was in her pocket and it is gone. Are you kidding me..this is not my luck..Oh haha..it is..so I tell her we will look at it is okay to calm down.
We spend a lot of time looking on the road..and it is gone..so no battery..for the camera..to have for tball today to replace the tball pictures I lost on my hard drive of my computer...
And last but not least...My dryer is broken..
Calgon..take me away..maybe I should just not ever get out..
Okay...I am done now..well not for good but for now..
Saturday, April 25, 2009
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24 comments:
so...is the rule just that we have to comment? i do not want to break any rules!!
i'm sorry life is "stinking" right now!! wow, that sounds so lame, but the sentiment is there.
Amy: My goodness gracious girl! You get every hard ball thrown at you possible. So not fun! Hang in there sweetie! I am praying for you. My email addy is slfunk3763 at hotmail dot com. My other is sharil at live dot com. ((HUGS)) for a better day!
Your name is no longer Amy. I dub thee: Job. (And even though things really sucked for Job, he was faithful and things turned out better than they were when all was said and done.)
It will work out. If they can put a man on the moon and clone a sheep, they can get your pictures off of your hard drive.
Hang in there.
Oh Amy! I wish I could take this all away. I wish I had money and could replace your dryer. I can't do anything but tell you how sorry I am that this is happening now, when you are already so stressed. I can tell you that I have been praying for all of you and will keep it up. I'll pray about your pictures too, because God cares! He cares about the big things like cancer and Philips surgery, but he also cares about pictures, computers and dryers because they matter to you. I'm signing off, stopping what I am doing and going to pray now.
Oh my...I'm so sorry you are going through all of this!
Our oldest boy's computer crashed in the middle of a semester at college. It was one big mess. He lost all of his work. That's when he learned about external hard drives. Once you get your computer back, you might consider purchasing one of those, too. You could back up all of your pics on it!
Praying everything will calm down for you in the technological world!
WOW!! That is some stinky luck!! I am off to find a disc to back up my photographs right now...I am not taking that chance. Thanks for a very important lesson. You should be good, bad things happen in 3s and you had the computer, camera & dryer so you luck should be changing.
WOW. You had a bad day. I'm so sorry. The Geek Squad Guys drive me batty.
Oh, good grief. Your luck stinks! (LOL like you didn't already know that!) I'm praying that they can get your pictures off your hard drive, and that you are blessed with a new battery. And dryer. And no more bad luck. You've really had the day from H-E-Double Hockey Sticks!
WoW
What a day!!
I just know you will get all your pics back =D
But in the mean time I will air mail you a envlope fi=ull of hugs kisses and some skittles (they make me happy so i figured you could use some too)
Oh my word!
Amy - BIG HUGS!!!!!!!!!!
I'm so sorry you had this kind of day - and then He says lay down your life and all that is in it and give it all to ME. My yoke is light and my burden is easy!
Love,
Jill
What a day. NOT! Hope the pictures can be salvaged. I will email you right away. because I need you to know where to find me.
That was nice of Mike to help you out. He threw you a lifeline, didn't he? With no computer we might as well quit getting up in the AM!
If only our alarm clocks would quite working for a little...but not our cell phones, they are more of a necessity!
jdhoward@nexband.com
Oh no! I feel soo bad about that! There is something that I use online through Google. You can buy online hard drive space for cheap like 50GB for $20.00. That is where I put all of my stuff because then I can access it from anywhere. Just so you know in the future...don't rely on the machine...it will treat you like that all the time....Sorry that you are feeling bad and sad and I would be too...Hope all things brighten up over there soon.
Oh girlie... I am so sorry things seem to hit all at once.
(and yes I am in the process of getting a new computer because this old one has been giving me those awful screens too and I've realized how very much I depend on my bloggy friends for support).
My email is rkbuffy at comcast dot net . Please email me anytime...
Will a popsicle make anything better? :)
It does seem that when one thing goes down or breaks other things seem to follow.... It will get better...
Blessings....
Amy, I was listening to "I Can Only Imagine" as I read this and I tell you the only thing that kept running through my mind like a racehorse was Satan is attacking you like crazy!!! I am still praying for you and this is added to the list!!! I am so sorry...
that is just too scary about your photos! i hope you get them back! hang in there - satan's not attacking you... life's just throwing you a lot of curveballs right now...
Amy I have had days like that and also the blue screen of death and when I did get my awesome new laptop my daughter in a fit of rage threw her Ipod at it and cracked my LCD so I know what a bad day you had.
I am checking in to see how you are doing, I have been so overwhelmed that I am going to start dedicating a portion of a day for myself each week because I have just been a very unhappy mommy and I think it is because there is no ME time. Always taxiing the kids everywhere, cleaning the house....and it goes on and on and on. I have even missed time with the Lord and I can tell. Sometimes I get so overwhelmed I can't even focus because I don't know where to start. Hang in there you are in good company.
Bless your broken heart Amy! You have had such a rough weekend and I pray that it only get's better from here on out.
We love you and praying for you as always.
I e-mailed you the photos you sent me of "Booger." I never deleted them from my computer when you sent them...I don't know why. Anyhow...I hope it helps some for you to have them back.
I love you my friend..
Big huge non-techy hugs for you sweetie!! I can't imagine if that happened to me -- I'd lay down and cry for about...oh...3 years.
Rene
wing3fam(at)aol(dot)com
Oh no!!!! I'm so sorry!! I totally feel your pain....my hard drive crashed about 6 months after I had my 2nd set of twins and we lost EVERYTHING....including all their birth pictures and the first 6 months of their life (with the exception of some of the pictures I had printed out for family and friends and those I had uploaded to my blog and photobucket but there weren't very many). I was heartsick over it for months. My husband tried everything he could think of (he's a computer geek) but even HE couldn't get the pics back. So now I'm obsessed with backing everything up, at least once a month. My husband gave me one of those external hard drives so that's how I back all my stuff up now (and sometimes I'm extremely anal and I'll back up to a CD as well). I really hope they can get your pictures back...I know how dreadful you must feel at the thought of losing those pics forever.
I do hope things start looking up for you soon!
So sorry to hear of your computer problems.
I use a Western Digital My book for storing my pictures. It is an external drive that you can sacve all your pictures to so that if your computer crashes your pics will always be safe. They sale them at Best Buy as that is were I got mine. You can get portable models as well and they come in many different memory sizes. Check it out if you get a chance.
Your pictures are always worth it.
Love and Prayers,
Tim
P.S. And my email addy is on my profile if you need it.
Oh girl I do understand the need for the computer. Do I have to take you back a few years when I crashed my computer and it was due to my stupid thinking I could clean it out and make it run faster ROFL!!! I hope that made you smile!!! At least someone came to your aid and rescued you so you can stay sane and connected lol.....
As for life and yes I say life if anyone does understand I do and trust me your faith will be there and it will take you thru all trials of life. I am proven truth to that and I, too am human, sometimes life can even bring me to bad thoughts and dispair but God brings me back to who I am suppose to be and be happy. I have been friends with you now almost 8 1/2 years yes its been that long and you have been there for me and I hope I am there for you!!! I pray daily for you, Philip and your whole family! I don't like to see anyone have to go thru any trials but these are sometimes what makes us become stronger. Always remember I am here for you and will do my best to lift you up and make you smile. Remember when I suprised you with Dear Barney LOL!!! I just told someone about what I did to you for Cole and they said I was cruel, I said no cause both Emily and Cole really liked Barney and Amy had a constant reminder of what a great friend she has in PA lol...........
Ok girl here is my email addy rytrav95@aol.com or rytrav95@gmail.com. So vent talk gab what ever you wish to me cause I am here for you and always will be. There isn't much I can do financially but I can do things in other areas for you and do my best at making you smile if not for a moment but maybe an hour or two. Take care and I am as close as the touch of keys!!! Love ya
Keep your chin up!!!
Love ya
Tracy
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