I am firmly ensconsed in Lazy Slothdom. Haven't written on this blog for a month! So, a quick recap.
My computer issues are, for the moment, fixed. Go ahead, say a wee small Woo Hoo! and then knock on wood.
Got many of my photos back! Thanks to S. and D., who both suggested the same software, I was able to save about 250 mb of photos. Not everything, but more than I had after I did the reinstall. If I'd had this software when I first did the reinstall, I might have been able to save almost everything.
The only problem I encounted using the software was that it kept turning my computer off partway through the scanning of the HD. Not sure why, but I kept restarting it and eventually got through the scan and was able to save photos. I didn't bother with the text documents. I lost a manuscript but I am rewriting it and, frankly, it is better than the original.
My mirc script is disappearing again. Not sure what's up with that. I may have to try another script and see if I can add the extras my old one used to have. The files are still there but half of the script disappeared.
Things at home are frustrating. Asked Amazing Brother if he wanted to have a tree for Christmas. He hummed and hawed around and then decided it wasn't worth the effort. So, no tree. In fact, no Christmas. I live with Scrooge and Grinch so it's normal now.
Maybe it's just as well, considering my credit card balance now rivals the debt of a small country. At this rate I will not be back to the UK for another year. A warning to all young people just getting their first credit card: Do. Not. Use. It.
I am one lesson away from completing my writing course! I began the course summer 2008 when I was at S.'s house. The instructor is a published writer/editor and he offered me the chance to do the course for free and help him work out the glitches. All was going well until I returned to Canada, and got involved in doing the rennovations. So after a year, I wrote to see if I could still complete the course and he was very gracious to allow me to do it. I want to finish it. One of my problems is that I seldom finish what I start. So this must be completed!
Still working on the story for Deepa Mann-Kler, an artist from Ireland. Will post the story here when it's completed, along with the painting she created, so you can see the results.
