Renewed Vows of Cyber Love

We have been estranged for a while.  I thought, no feared, that we had grown apart.  Worried that perhaps our relationship would never be the same.  But, no!  My faith has been restored and our love is stronger than ever.  In fact, I can hardly sit here in my chair.  My heart is beating quickly; my fingers lovingly caress the smooth white plastic. 

I am having an affair with my iMac.

I love my computer.  I LOVE it.  But for the past couple of months, it has been acting squirrelly. Running slowly, having problems loading applications, and completely deleting my printer.  It has been frustrating, and depressing.  I spent a lot of money on this baby (albeit a few years ago) and I've been a passionate Apple user ever since.  These little performance issues had me questioning my devotion, and I started sinking ever deeper into a cycle of ignorance and denial.

I gave my computer the cold shoulder, only using it when I absolutely couldn't avoid it.  My email relationships suffered.  I double- and triple-booked my calendar by accident.  When we started having hard drive problems, I was convinced that I was going to lose some or all of my 21,000 photos (really). It was a dark time for all.  

But, I am happy to report that we've made it through this test of our commitment.  My wonderful, darling husband finally convinced me to let him buy an external hard drive, back up everything and upgrade to Apple's new Leopard operating system.  

Amazingly, once I approved the $243 expense, everything happened very quickly.  Our Lego-shaped hard drive (honestly, Aaron, your Lego obsession is inspirational) arrived Monday, and Leopard arrived Tuesday, and by the time I woke up this morning, everything was done (well, not the dishes, but he DID fix the computer, so....)  

Now, my baby is back.  Everything works smoothly and quickly, and my iMac and I are on a second honeymoon. So, expect to hear a lot more from me.  

But knock before you come in, we are getting reacquainted.