R.I.P. MacBook Pro…

Note: This will probably be the nerdiest I ever sound. Go.

Well, we had a good run, but today was the end of a journey for the hard drive on my MacBook. I spent some time with Chris at the Apple store this morning, trying to breathe life back into it, but it wasn’t meant to be. He told me: “Hard drives are like hearts. No matter how good they are, at some point they will die.” He also said that all hard drives have a 100% failure rate. Comforting, I know. Fortunately, I backed up my hard drive about 2 weeks ago so I’m not out as much as I could have been.

What, you ask? How much could I have been out?

Well, before backing up two weeks ago, following a little scare with my operating system, I hadn’t backed up my work since roughly October. About 120 GB worth of design work, photos and music. I know. I’m an idiot. And it is divine providence that my hard drive made it far enough to be backed up to a pseudo-reasonable time. With all that said, I still have a few hoops to jump through to get back to where I was, but it could be much worse, and we’ll bounce back. Just throw it on the heap of the week that was (and it’s not just me - if you run into Meredith, Larry, Caleb, Wes, Jeremy or Spencer… ask them about their week - and you’ll see how all encompassing this has been…) And so the Days O’ Death continue - 6 more to go.

And go back up your hard drive. Now. No, not after you check your Facebook. Now.