crystal
.....you know the rest.
Lots and lots of things going on around the office. Sarah and I are absolutely swamped, and to top it all off I was writing a few emails this afternoon after church and there it was. It slowly took over my entire 20-inch screen. It was the dreaded "Grey Screen of Death". Having experienced this before with previous Macs and knowing what to expect I had a full on stomach-in-knots-can't-catch-my-breath-because-my-life-is-OVER-how-will-I-make-it-through-the-end-of-the-month meltdown.
Thank goodness Jeremy was here to calm me down. He helped me get through my shaking and my sobs and look at the bright side. "Crystal, it's going to be okay. You will survive. You have everything backed up, and we will figure out what to do. Take a slooooow, deeeeep breath. Everything will work out. I'll help you decide what is best to do. We were thinking about getting a new computer anyways." He rubbed his hands through my hair, kissed my forehead, and gave me the longest tightest hug in the history of the world. Jeremy just has a way of calming me - bringing me back to earth. He always looks at the bright side of any situation that I am convinced is doomed. Where I see a long dark tunnel with no exit he always seems to find the light. That is one of the many reasons I love him so much!
We spent the afternoon solving this problem together and ordering an awesome Mac Pro system with dual monitors to replace my soon-to-be dead as a doornail iMac. He was right. There's the light! :) While the replacement will be awesome and 10 times better than the desktop I have been working off of, we will be delayed with our workload over the next week or two. Sarah's computer is still at Apple getting fixed up (for the third time), and we aren't sure exactly when it will be back. So, for now, we have one computer to work off of. So thank you to my wonderful clients for your patience and understanding as we work through this technology mess. :) We will be back and better than ever with a lightning fast workspace very soon!!! Oh yeah, Mac Pro.... I am psyched!
(I am such a nerd.)
Reader Comments (5)
Crystal that sucks. I am sorry you had to deal with that this weekend. Make sure to get you some apple care for the next computer. I had a hard drive crash on my G5 and they replaced it no charge. Hope you have a better day. It was great seeing you guys this weekend.
Arg. Don't you hate when Mac's let us down? I recently went through something similar, but like you, it forced me to upgrade my goods to make for a more efficient workflow. Thanks for saying hi on my blog! I love your new blog! I can't believe how big your little boy is getting. I remember when he was just a peanut! :-)
Amy-
I need you to stop by my page, I need as many people praying for Vivian as possible. Please read her story and take the time out to pray for this little girl.
thank you and god bless
OK---absolutely no pressure meant by this comment----but I AM MISSING YOUR BLOG POSTS!!! Selfishly, I can't wait for you to get up and running again!!! Seriously, I do hope you get everthing back up and going soon girl! Good luck!!!!!
Oh my gosh...I've had that happen to my brand new (in January) iMAC. It always restarts okay...but I didn't know if that's a normal problem or not. I just switched from PC.