Stepping Back

I had to take a step back today and really evaluate my life. Let me first explain why.

I woke up this morning cup of coffee in hand, sat down at my computer ready to download the pictures off my camera. I try to do this on a regular basis so that it never becomes an overwhelming task and like other areas of my life stays organized.

Imagine my surprise when I sign on to my log in and find I no longer exist. My pictures are gone, my calender is blank, my i tunes library empty.

Freaking out is putting it mildly, I think several four letter words came out of my mouth for which I was thankful my children were not in the room.

My whole day became consumed with solving this problem, how could this happen? If I am able to fix this could it happen again? What if I am not able to fix this?

I pondered these questions and then had the thought what if I never had pictures saved on the computer, never had an ipod, kept my calender on the wall in my office. I would never have had a reason to be so upset. Maybe I should not allow technology to run my life, maybe some things are better off the old fashion way. Or at least maybe my dumb ass will get virus protection that actually works, and save things to discs for back up. I decided to go with the latter.