Today I've come back to a flurry of emails at work. I really hadn't even gotten a chance last week to resort through the ones that I received while being out in Irvine Mon-Wed. And in mad preparation for leaving early Friday afternoon for Memaw's services this weekend, my inbox was full. So full, in fact, that I reached my periodic 2GB limit of the .pst file in Outlook. It's so annoying... I've overloaded it numerous times now. Thankfully, the new Outlook version (2003) won't corrupt the file immediately; they at least give you a warning that it's full before creating any damage. And creating any "new" .pst file format in (later than '02 version) doesn't impede you with the 2GB limit. Thank you whoever initiated that change at Microsoft - someone deserves a big raise. So, my morning has been filled with reorganizing my archives of emails and "compressing" them afterwards. So much fun... and such good use of my time.
I have officially developed frustration with Western Digital and their apparent inability to manufacture a good quality, long lasting hard drive. My 3rd WD EIDE died last weekend - and in the years of building PC's for others, I've had two DOA's and at least 3 failures that I can think of. I'm now convinced it's more than bad luck...
More frustrating is that it's clearly not worth investing another hard drive into my old computer with a bad northbridge chipset (stupid heatsink fell off). Wouldn't it be great if I could find a new replacement motherboard on eBay for $3? Well, it was worth a shot.
Well, this weekend was an incredible testament to God's hand at work. His peace was overwhelming in the hearts of all the family this weekend. Everyone was truly able to appreciate that Memaw is better off and no longer suffering. Her legacy of her commitment to God and His word will always be remembered. I continue to ask God for the family's peace and understanding throughout the natural grieving process. Thank you, Lord, for all You've been doing already. It was, despite the circumstances, so great to be able to spend some more time with Christina's family... and meet some new faces.
I suppose... back to the grindstone...
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