More On Sleeping Through the Night
Austen slept for 7 hours straight on Saturday night (and I didn't soak the sheets with breastmilk!). It was lovely, for a couple reasons: (1) I also got to sleep for 7 hours straight, and (2) I didn't end up lying awake in bed at 4:30 in the morning thinking about missing files.
This morning Austen woke after only 4 hours, and after an only partially-successful attempt at feeding him in the side-lying position, I found myself awake—with pasty mouth, burning eyes, and swirling thoughts. I finally managed to finish the feeding at 4:45, but despite a desperate desire to get back to sleep, I couldn't help mourning lost belly photos.
And then I thought, "I *know* I burned a CD off my Windows machine before the baby was born." So I got up, went downstairs, and prepared to pry open the CD burner in search of it. No need: When I removed the stack of papers waiting to be filed from on top of the burner, the CD revealed itself, gloriously labeled with phrases like "belly_web", "remodel_web", "cruise_web", and "blog images".
It's not everything, but it's a start. The belly photos I'd been trying to re-construct for the pregnancy archives were all there. Annie's memorial pictorial was there. Our trip to Mechanicsburg. The photos from our "last hurrah" cruise and kitchen remodel (links coming as soon as I rebuild the ~ lori and al ~ blog). As soon as I finish uploading, I can go back to bed.
Of course, that's when Austen will wake up.
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I don't know if this might help, but maybe you could ask the regulars of your blog site to search their temp. internet files for your pictures.
It's a long shot, but hey.. worth the try.
Grtz from the Netherlands.
Posted by Fiveblades | February 7, 2005 3:41 PM
Posted on February 7, 2005 15:41
I did consider doing that, but as you say, it's a long shot. I think once I've exhausted all the possible backup CDs, I'll compile a list of what's still missing and see if anyone's got it floating around in their cache. Thanks for the suggestion!
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February 7, 2005 3:58 PM
Posted on February 7, 2005 15:58
YAY! I was kind of out of touch with blogs in January, so I hadn't caught up with yours, and I was distraught to see the notice about your server getting blown away...I'm glad you were able to recover so much of it!
Did you ever find out who was responsible for deleting the files, and why, and what their GPS coordinates are for a targeted strike?
Posted by nj | February 15, 2005 11:28 AM
Posted on February 15, 2005 11:28