Tragedy at the Bunton House

I'm serious.
It really is a tragedy.
One that I am having a very difficult time coming to terms with.
The other day our family computer died.
And I know that not everyone will truly understand why this is such a big deal to me, but it is.
Let me explain why...
We lost everything that was saved on the hard drive.
Everything.
Absolutely everythinng.

Now, let me tell you.
When I got home from work and Mike told me that the hard drives had crashed and he couldn't recover what was on them, I cried. Not just a few tears, but real, honest to goodness sobbing. I was curled up on the floor of my bedroom crying for the digital pictures I had lost. I cried for the year's worth of teaching files I had lost. I cried for the Stik Doodz designs that Jonathan had lost. I cried for the digital video files of the kids' performances and martial arts tests I had lost. I cried for the Blurb book I had just completed and not yet ordered and now have to begin from scratch. I cried for the many, many, many scrapbooking fonts that I lost. I cried for the "household" file that contained all of my recipes, important numbers, directions, etc. I cried for the resumes, letters of recommendation, and cover letters I lost that I will now have to recreate. I cried for all the time I had spent working on our church ward photo directory only to have it lost along with the rest of it. Mostly I just cried at the helplessness that I felt.

I am spoiled, I know, but Mike is so totally smart when it comes to computers that I kind of assume that whatever goes wrong, he can fix it. When something goes wrong, I get irritated, but I know that eventually Mike will figure out a way to fix it.

But not this time.
He tried. For hours, and hours.
He even took the computer to the "Geek Squad" at Best Buy and they couldn't help.
Then he tried some more.
Finally, he had to give up.
He had to reformat our hard drive.
And that is the end of the story.
It's all gone.
And I am still trying to deal with it.

So, if my next few posts do not have any pictures, you will know why.