Life... now what?

After a very successful tech support phone call was able to confirm my "dead hard drive" diagnosis, the phone disconnected while he was starting to arrange a dispatch of a new drive.

Call #2, Tech gal's tool wouldn't open to bring up case notes from call #1. Said she'd call me back. Amazingly enough, she did, but to tell me they were still having problems getting the case notes thingy to work and she recommended I try calling again tomorrow. Erg. But, I do appreciate the callback, even if it wasn't what I wanted to hear.

Call #3, Apparently guy #1 didn't keep very good notes. Fortunately, I did and was able to replay everything we did on Monday and feed her the error codes to get a quick diagnosis.

The verdict... new hard drive should be here on Thursday or Friday.

Then I get to install it.

With any luck, poor Wendy will be up and running again before the weekend.

Which is a good thing. I miss Facebook. And my financial software. Fortunately, all my due bills were scheduled before it crashed. No potential lateness due to not knowing what I'm supposed to pay and when.

OK. The computer seems to be up and running normally. I think the system restore may have actually worked. I'm still a little concerned that my hard drive may be on the verge of failing, but we'll see. Meanwhile, my data backups are a little past due, so while I'm here, I'll be backing up everything.

Today was day two of my trial-run filling in for BossLady while she's on maternity leave. She'll be out starting next month, so we're shifting many of her duties over to me so I can manage them while she's still there to answer questions, so I'll be better prepped for when she's gone. I must say, my respect for her time management skills has skyrocketed over these last two days. I have yet to develop her skill for juggling so many things all at once. But, I've survived what has been not a really bad start-of-cycle, but not really an easy one either.

It's going to be a challenge. I'm not sure I'm all that cut out for management, but I know once I get past the scary stuff, it'll be a good experience for me.

I do need to start planning that weekend getaway to the Bay that Dave and I have been talking about. A nice, relaxing trip to help recharge after what's going to be a busy time for me. Mmm... luxurious hotel on the water... dinner in San Francisco... Picnic on Angel Island... mmmm.

Just gotta master the new (albeit temporary) job first!

There's an ad running on the TV today... for GOD!

"Do you need God? Call 1-800-NEED-HIM"

With a musical jingle.

It's just..odd.

Webby is torn between "Hiss-Growl. There's a strange cat in my house," and "Ooh! I want to play with her!"

Our photographer, Beth, is certifiably insane, but so worth it: First Glimpse at our Wedding Photos

I need to take a minute here to rave about all of my awesome friends who helped with the wedding flowers yesterday.  And to shower them with my thanks and appreciation.  So, thank you to all of you!  To jeffry_wynne, the creative genius behind the whole thing, deliciousj, songbird99, and blondefbnbg who tirelessly spray painted branches and bowls and arranged flowers, and erisian_fields, bridgeweaver, and khanfused who invited us in and let us take over their entire house for the project.  You guys all rock!  The flowers are awesome! 

"Will the customer driving a green Mallard please return to the parking lot? Your lights are on."

It occurred to me today that our wedding is going to be really fun. Not because of the food, or the decor, or any of the little details, but because of all the cool people who are coming and partying with us.