Last January my desktop hard drive went kaput. AB managed to get a good bit of my info off of it before throwing in the towel, and calling Dell. I was actually pretty thrilled to be getting a “real” computer – not a tower that had been scavenged from whatever parts he had lying around or whatever was cheap over at TigerDirect. And this little white box with its thin little screen have been delightful.
And for the most part I didn’t really think AB had lost too much of my stuff either. My work files, theatre files, and writing were all there. Most of my music could be found in a variety of locations on the network. And I wasn’t that attached to my bookmarks anyway.
Then along came December with all of its holiday planning, and I realized the one piece of information that I hadn’t even noticed I’d lost – the Christmas file. All my lists of cookies I’d made over the years with notes of what worked and what didn’t. The spreadsheet with all the lists of presents I’d given to people over the years, the budgets, the Christmas card addresses – all gone.
I don’t know if this inability to look back at years past is the reason why I’m having such a hard time getting into the spirit of things. I’m not being as methodical about it all as I have in years past, and things are sort of getting done haphazardly. I have no doubt really that everything I need to do will get done, but I’m not getting much joy out of it this year. Granted, neither am I wound up into a tight little ball of Christmas “cheer”, so at least there’s that.
As the non-technical portion of a computer nerd family myself, I’d like to extend many thanks to Mr. Chip for putting up a great Holidialies site this year, and the always wonderful Ms. Jette for pimping the hell out of this place. Strong works, folks!
Holidailies