Not me, my computer :(  I think every photographer’s worst nightmare (right up there with their camera getting sick) is having computer issues.  I use my computer every day not only for following up on emails, questions, etc…but editing,designing, ordering, etc.  I spent the better part of today crying (yes, I know) while my husband rushed my computer to the “doctor”.  The good news?  They should be able to recover my complete hard drive without any problem at all.  Whew.  The bad?  Ugh…it’s a doozie.  They have to send my computer off for repair, which could take a weeks to get back.  In the meantime, I have to transfer everything from my hard drive to my external hard drive (thank goodness for back up external hard drives!)  That means all my software, business files, current client files, Outlook, Lab programs, design stuff…thousands upon thousands of files that I need access to just to run my business.  Which will probably take a week in of itself to get transferred.  These are big files, people :)  Of course, if I had backed up all these programs like a good little photographer I wouldn’t have this problem :(   I admit that while I am extremely vigilant to back up every single client file/image, I don’t back up on my own stuff regularly at all.  So…now I pay the price.  Ahh, such is life – learning lessons the hard way never is easy :)

All that to say – I am trying to get access to my Outlook via the internet on our other (personal) computer so I can return emails, etc.  However, this may take a day or 2 to accomplish.  I’m not sure yet how this is going to affect the orders I was planning on placing before the holidays, but for those of you waiting on orders – rest assured, I will keep you updated.

That’s all I know for now – hopefully my sick little computer will be back to new (or replaced!) in no time.  Thanks for understanding!