What a crazy start to 2011 for me. I haven't posted very much to the blog this year. Technology has not been my friend. My trusted laptop decided to go to sleep permanently, followed by my new laptop experiencing premature hard drive failure. In the midst of my computer issues, I had to keep working. I shared a computer with my husband, which resulted in me having it about 5% of the time.
Although it was rough jostling for computer time with my husband, he is to thank for helping me get through this mess. He has installed and uninstalled Photoshop and countless other programs to help me keep as productive as possible. I have also learned how much I rely on my computer for everything from bookkeeping to editing to communication. Fortunately, I always have backups of my pictures and no customer work was lost.
It has kind of a been a "back to the future" experience to not have instant access to a computer. I was probably a better cook and housekeeper these past few months since I seemed to have more computer-free time on my hands. I even got through a few real books, rather than spend my leisure time playing trivia games on the Internet. Although going without a computer was a real pain, I have to admit it was also a good thing in many ways. But now... I'm back online, at least for the moment.
