LIGHTING MELTS THE FLAKE

Guess what I have learned over the last 2 weeks???

COMPUTERS DON'T LIKE BEING HIT BY LIGHTNING...

Did y'all know that??? LOL

Almost 2 weeks ago, while I was working, we had a very nasty storm. In the 30 seconds or so that it was taking me to shut down the computer so I could unplug it, our house was hit with lightning. And before anyone asks, the computer WAS plugged into a power bar with a surge protector..lol.

Anyway, we had a huge bolt that actually made the floor shake and my computer made a loud POP...then died. It smelt like something had just been burnt so I knew I was in trouble.

When the storm passed, I decided to plug the computer back in and see if there was any signs of life...but my dear baby had moved on to computer heaven. The hard drive, monitor and modem from my server were ALL fried...

After stressing, fighting with my server (and quite often my gnome)....it was decided that neither the hard drive nor the modem could be saved. Thank god my Mom took pity on me yesterday and helped us purchase a new system...

My boss wasn't overly thrilled because it took me almost 2 weeks to get back online so I couldn't work...it didn't seem to concern him that I wouldn't have even BEEN online if I hadn't been working and trying to complete the task that I was in the middle of..have I mentioned before what an ass he is??? LMAO.

Anyway, I am thrilled to be back online. I will be stopping in to catch up over the next few weeks...still trying to learn my way around this new system. The old machine had windows XP but this one has Vista. It doesn't seem to be too bad...but there are some settings with it that I am unfamiliar with (ie- I have my email account set up, but for some reason, it automatically deletes any email it thinks is spam..it doesn't put them in the spam/junk folder so I can check it before deleting it). If anyone knows how to fix this, please feel free to pass along this info here or to my email frostedflakefun@yahoo.ca.

I guess the lining in the cloud was that I survived the last 2 weeks without totally loosing it. It was stressful and very upsetting, but it once again showed me that at least the PPE meds (anti depressants) are working to some degree....if this had happened a few months ago, it would have sent me over the edge and further into the darkness..the darkness is still there threatening and lurking..but now I am getting better at turning on a flashlight and trying to trudge along....does that make any sense??? LOL

As always, back online and to be continued.......