Backing up

I was reminded the other day of an old episode of the television show “Sex and the City” that aired back in 2008. In the episode, the lead character, Carrie Bradshaw, experienced an enormous headache when her laptop died. She had not been performing periodic backups, which seems a bit odd for a writer, and lost everything.

I am certainly no Carrie Bradshaw but I should know better. I have no excuse for having been fairly lax about periodically backing up my hard drive. So when I had a similar fate a few days ago I was beside myself. The good news is that we have a wonderful son-in-law who is very good at this stuff: if it can be fixed, he will fix it. Well, Aaron could not fix the drive but what he was able to do was to pull everything off of it, put it on another drive and install it in an old laptop Barry has, and now I have that until we buy a new computer for me.

How appropriate that this should happen between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, that time of year when we are taking stock of ourselves and hoping that there will be some understanding of and patience with our shortcomings! I hope I have learned some lessons about periodic back-ups, and, more importantly, about appreciating all the people around me who keep my life in balance.

If you are observing the holiday tomorrow, may you have an easy and meaningful fast. And for all of us, may this coming year be one of peace, good health, and happiness.

Love,

Rebecca