My week so far:
Monday: Called in sick. Still don't regret it.
Tuesday: Worked all day on a special project in the computer lab with a group of people. We were collectively referred to as a Medic Team, since the phrase Task Force is tired and played out.
Tuesday, late afternoon: Finished up said project, returned to office. Greet coworker, catch up on last two days of what's been going on. She mentions she was using my computer on Monday, and it froze on her, so she turned it off. This is new, and has never happened to me before. I switch on computer, and spend a half hour waiting for Windows to ever load. Instead, I'm stuck in disk-check hell. Eventually, this ends up in a warning that my hard drive is dying. Verbal despair, many calls to IT. Leave computer how it is and go to yoga, where I try to forget how dumb I was to not back up absolutely everything to a different drive.
Wednesday morning: IT comes and takes my PC away, with vague promises of news by day's end. This does not happen. I putter around, doing non-computer-related projects, check email on coworker's machine, as she is not in yet. Realize just how fucked up her workstation is, as the chair towers above the monitor and my feet barely touch the floor.
Wednesday afternoon: I am given a loaner Mac laptop from downstairs. It has email and internet, but no access to drives on the server, where 90% of my work happens to be. Continue to kick self for not backing up, pray that hard drive data can be retrieved.
Wednesday evening: Home laptop of considerable age (5 years) has been acting up. Completely freezes this time. EnergyChannel cracks it open, determines that, yes, this hard drive is dying as well. Weep for all things technological.
Thursday morning: We'll see. Two hard drives in one week. What the hell??!!
Monday: Called in sick. Still don't regret it.
Tuesday: Worked all day on a special project in the computer lab with a group of people. We were collectively referred to as a Medic Team, since the phrase Task Force is tired and played out.
Tuesday, late afternoon: Finished up said project, returned to office. Greet coworker, catch up on last two days of what's been going on. She mentions she was using my computer on Monday, and it froze on her, so she turned it off. This is new, and has never happened to me before. I switch on computer, and spend a half hour waiting for Windows to ever load. Instead, I'm stuck in disk-check hell. Eventually, this ends up in a warning that my hard drive is dying. Verbal despair, many calls to IT. Leave computer how it is and go to yoga, where I try to forget how dumb I was to not back up absolutely everything to a different drive.
Wednesday morning: IT comes and takes my PC away, with vague promises of news by day's end. This does not happen. I putter around, doing non-computer-related projects, check email on coworker's machine, as she is not in yet. Realize just how fucked up her workstation is, as the chair towers above the monitor and my feet barely touch the floor.
Wednesday afternoon: I am given a loaner Mac laptop from downstairs. It has email and internet, but no access to drives on the server, where 90% of my work happens to be. Continue to kick self for not backing up, pray that hard drive data can be retrieved.
Wednesday evening: Home laptop of considerable age (5 years) has been acting up. Completely freezes this time. EnergyChannel cracks it open, determines that, yes, this hard drive is dying as well. Weep for all things technological.
Thursday morning: We'll see. Two hard drives in one week. What the hell??!!
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thank you for friday it was awesome seeing you as per usual!