I returned from teaching my InDesign class Friday afternoon to find that the DSL was down. Whoops, Walkman forgot to mail Verizon a payment. The bill was paid over the phone, but I was told that it would be 24-48 HOURS before the service would be restored. 24-48 hours! I started to sweat. By dinner time my hands were shaking. DSL withdrawal is an ugly thing. Sometime around 9pm I was curled on the floor in a fetal position.

I survived (barely) until later Saturday afternoon. I've been setting up a new user account in OSx on my laptop and was in the midst of transferring files over, when something horrible went wrong. Somehow, I DELETED MY ENTIRE iTUNES LIBRARY!!!!

Yes, let me repeat that: I DELETED MY ENTIRE iTUNES LIBRARY!!!!

I have no clue how I did this, but apparently I grabbed the folder and trashed it (probably by key command) without knowing. Adding to the horror, I emptied the trash without checking to see what was in there (something I'm usually in the habit of doing as a fail-safe measure). Since I have no data recovery apps, my beloved 5.4 days worth of Mp3 tracks are gone.

After going into a fetal position for the second time this weekend, I thought "Well, go back and re-rip what you can from your CD collection". A nice idea! I could do that while I finish up the weekend house work I had. EXCEPT- I have no internet connection. That means that iTunes can't automatically connect to CDDB to get track info.

AAAAAAAUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!




The DSL is working again. Thank goodness. I have e-mail again. My RSS reader filled up with new items. My hands are still a little shaky, but I suspect that it will pass. Life is good again. Well, except for the loss of my beloved music.