Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Catching Up on Thankfulness - Days 10, 11, and 12

So I've come to find out that this posting every day thing is not for me. I've tried to commit to blogging every day, but I just do not have the time. Plus, my life is not super exciting. I do basically the same thing every day. I don't have children to blog about. I don't have hobbies. I am not crafty. I don't cook. I NEVER exercise. Basically all I do is go to school, play trivia, and occasionally travel. I will definitely post about my upcoming trip and how I did on finals, but as far as every day goes... I'll do the best I can. Anyways the past three days have been eventful. On Sunday, we spent the morning at Curious Comedy checking out Trav's children show that he performs in once a month. He was hilarious as usual. We then decided to have an early Thanksgiving with some of Trav's family since we are all going to be in different parts of the world on the actual day, and while this was going on Trav helped me put together a presentation for my K Drafting class. This is where things get interesting (at least to me). Right as we are putting the finishing touches on my Keynote I get the rainbow wheel, or as I like to call it, the rainbow wheel of death. Trav told me to just restart my computer which I did, but the problem was that it wouldn't restart. I just kept staring at the grey screen with the spinning wheel for what felt like forever. I couldn't get it work. Trav couldn't get it to work and at this point I knew that I was in trouble. "If Trav can't get it to work I am so effed" is what I kept thinking. He soon confirmed this idea.

Trav - "Worst case scenario is that I have to take it to Apple tomorrow." 

Me - "Okay thanks. If you wouldn't mind." 

Trav - "I think it's the hard drive. They may have to replace it. You'll lose all your files, but it's okay because you've backed up right?" 

Me - Just staring at him. "Well f&*k" is what is going on in my head. 

Okay people here's the thing. I get easily intimidated by things I don't understand. If I look at something I am unfamiliar with and am unlikely to be able to figure out on my own I get intimidated, then I get sad, then I get pissed, and then I say "Nope. I'm not even going to try. It doesn't exist. Happy thoughts. Fa la la." So, no I had not backed up. Even when Trav put Dropbox on my computer and had shown me multiple times how to use it, and sung it's praises to me I did not understand how I worked, that pissed me off, and I never looked at it again.  Plus, I had total faith in my Mac and the Apple corporation. They wouldn't delete my files. They wouldn't lead me astray. I have brand loyalty. That has to count for something. I have Apple Care. They can just pull the files from my computer if anything ever goes wrong. Steve Jobs would be rolling in his grave... This is how I rationalize things. 

Continuing Conversation After Admitting That I Had Not "Backed Up" And Getting Lectured From Trav...

Trav - "So are there any important files that you can't live without?"

Me - "Yeah, my class notes, and outlines for this term." 

Trav - "And will you still do okay on your finals without them?"

Me - "Oh no. I'll fail 100%." 

Worst night of sleep for both of us ever. On Monday morning we both weren't sleeping well so when my first alarm goes off at 5:00am we decide to go get bagels. During the trip I try to negotiate the whole situation out loud to Trav. 

Me - "They don't call them geniuses for nothing. They will be able to get my files. It can't be that bad. I've worked so hard this semester. There has got to be something they can do." 

Trav - A million things about you should have backed up, OMG you are so stubborn, why don't you listen to me?...

I leave for school heavy hearted at the prospect of losing all of the semester's work and having to scramble to get notes from classmates. Trav promises to go the the Apple store for me. He is the best! I tell him to call me if he needs anything. I tell Professor Freidman about the situation to explain why I might need to leave the room if I get a call. He is understanding and of course asks me "Well did you back up?" I am apparently the only one in the world who has not. I know that Trav's appointment with Apple is in a few minutes. I say a little prayer and class starts. 

A half hour later I get the following text from Trav "Good news. We have the files from your desktop and documents. We are tying to get your photos." I all but Tebow in the middle of Biz Org. He tells me it'll be $177.16 to get a new hard drive. I don't even care. I was about to go all Office Space on my computer so I couldn't care less about the cost. I am just so happy to get my files. I then get the following text from Trav "I came prepared with an external, 2 macs, and all the cables. They were amazed by my preparation." As it turns out Trav had explained to them that there was no way on God's green earth that I could lose my files and they told him that all they could do is give me a new hard drive and that they don't do file retrieval. He then stands at the genius bar for 45 minutes taking apart my computer, extracting the files from my old hard drive, and putting them onto his. I told him that all I really needed was what was on my desktop, but he got it all! Every document, every file, every picture, every song, everything. He then spends the rest of the day setting up my computer again. 

After seven + years together people ask us about marriage and they seem so confused when we tell them that its not our style. People ask me if I ever want anything more, but I am here to tell you that there are guys who write loves songs, and guys who hold your hand, but I've got a guy who spent an entire day reformatting my computer and putting out a fire that my stubbornness and irresponsibility cased in the first place with no benefit to him at all just to save my a$$. If that's not love then I don't know what is. We spent the rest of the day celebrating Viki's birthday and I figured out how to use Dropbox and now every single one of my files is backed up. 

I am thankful for Travis and how wonderful, brilliant, caring, and amazing he is. He truly is the greatest guy in the world. I am thankful for his wonderful mom Viki who should take the credit for raising such a wonderful guy, and I am thankful for Dropbox. 

Have you backed up? You really should. 

- Carleigh


  

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