I did the stupidest thing a writer can do

. . .and I'm in tears.

I lost my FLASH drive that I carry with me everywhere that has all my writings on it including my current Work-In-Progress. That is twelve thousand words in the first 4 chapters of book number five plus a bunch of chapters that were written separately but not merged into the book yet. That doesn't even include various other pieces I have written. I use the FLASH drive so I can take my story with me wherever I go and be able to write in it at whatever device is available to me.

Some of the FLASH drive was backed up but NOTHING on my working story.

I spent yesterday literally in tears and tearing my house and car apart - multiple times. My poor cats must have thought a tornado hit the house because I even went so far as to dump any trash I could find and search it. Unfortunatley, to no avail.

Why was it not backed up?

#1 - I obviously want to live dangerously and I am a flake.
#2 - The automatic backup system that I have does not back up a FLASH drive.
**I have a server that I backup all my files to but the the backup software does not read a FLASH drive when inserted into a USB drive slot**

#3 - I obviously want to live dangerously and I am a flake.

Please do not do what I did. Back up your data.

One of those...2 days

SO...you ever just have those days where nothing can go smoothly??


I HATE THOSE!


Mine started when I was trying to get my backup server to give me some old files. It did not want to cooperate. And of course this is at 6 in the morning and lasts until at least 9. Then I was finally able to get to some backed up files but copying them to where I wanted so i could use them took forever.


My poor cats went scurrying away everytine I yelled at my computer. :-)


Then I had to install some software. Yeah, okay, this should be a walk in the park. Not so. Because of all the security I have on my computers and network it can be a major pain.


Oh, there were other issues beyond just those but those were the biggest. Do you think I got any writing done? NOT.


Then the next day I my friend Nora emails me about meeting a friend of ours for lunch. Holy cow! I completely forgot. No problem. I decide to sit down and do some writing before I have to go.


I'm all ready to write but I need to get some information on the internet. I'm waiting, and waiting, and waiting...NOTHING. Continuously! I couldn't get my email anymore. UGH!


I, being the smart girl that I am, called the cable/internet company. We went through the issue and it was identified that my cable modem had died. The thing is less than 2 years old!! So I schedule an appointment for them to replace it because it is their modem, but guess when that will be...MONDAY. Flippin' 5 days away.


Again, I being the smart chic that I am, go out and buy a cable modem because I can install it myself. And after lunch with my friends that is exactly what I do. But of course that cannot go smoothly. For those of you who don't know...it has to be done in a very specific order. Sheesh!


On top of that, when I finally do get it set up I still have to call the cable company so they can register the machine in their system so I can use it to access the internet. Do you think that was easy?? Heck, no! It took 5 phone transfers to get to the right person. Unbelievable!!


Anyway, I finally get a guy who was very helpful and does whatever needs to be done on their end and I'm set. Right?


NOT! I still had no internet access. But, I'm no dummy, so I keep the guy on the phone with me until I know it works. I mention something about the router and he says "Router?" In the back of my mind I'm think "DUH!!!!"


So I have to unplug the router and count to ten (love that) and then plug it back in. Woohoo!!!


At 5 PM, I finally had access to the internet. At that point, I was fried, brain-fried.


So...do you think I have written a word in 2 days?? Nope. Nada.


BUT - after all that, I think I should write a book titled, WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS :-)