Monday Was a Hell of a Day - Tuesday Might Not be Much Better

I had to call Chickie in to work yesterday, while I took the store's computer system apart and brought the main computer up to my Computer Guru for hospitalization. Dale and I sat with that computer, finding X, eliminating Y and trying Z ALL DAY. I finally left around 4:30 pm, leaving the computer doing a procedure that would take it most of the night. I'll be back at his place again today at 9:00 am, after he's done feeding and taking care of the horses. 

I had to take the main store computer to Dale's 
computer hospital yesterday. I was there from 
9:00 am until 4:30 pm, and we left the computer 
running something or other for the night. *sigh* I'll 
be back at his place at 9:00 am today. 

So it was a long day, and a frustrating one. I'm not sure we'll be able to totally recover from this crash, but we have to try. Right now, it's looking like we might be missing some serious data due to hard drive corruption issues, and DH and I will just have to deal. I'm not sure exactly how, but one way or another, we'll have to manage it. In the meanwhile, we're hand-writing receipts and that's much slower and not necessarily accurate. It's all we can do, however. DH says what he needs more than anything is the Sales History, that the inventory can be toast, if necessary. 

Dale keeps his computer room cold - he's often 
got several computers running, and those can 
heat up a room. Plus, he runs hot. I, on the 
other hand, run cold, and I freeze to death in 
his room. I dress accordingly, but I've been 
known to wear my parka in that room sometimes. 

Dale always keeps his space quite cool - a bit uncomfortable for anyone other than him (he apparently runs really hot) and Frosty the Snowman. I know that, and I try my best to dress accordingly, but I've been known to sit there bundled in my coat while he's in shirtsleeves and barefoot (he tends to be barefoot at all times whenever possible). We got into a couple of decent theological discussions while waiting for the computer to do X or Y, and those are always fun. 

Dale is a devout Christian, having arrived at his 
beliefs through intensive study of 10's of 
thousands of hours, delving into every religious and 
belief system on Earth, and putting all of them to 
the test of scientific principles. He's rigorous, and has 
written 1000's of pages of information about how he 
came to his conclusions, and maybe he's right. Who 
can say for sure? He's certainly got the statistics and 
facts to back him up. Myself? I just can't go there. It;s 
totally not my belief system. We might actually have the 
same beliefs, but with different labels. 

He's a devout Christian from a scholarly viewpoint and years of intensive study, comparison and analysis of religions throughout the world and history. I'm a confirmed non-Christian, or I simply refuse to place a name and body type on my idea of a diety. I haven't studied theology as deeply as he has, nor do I really want to. He's written 1000's of pages about theology and why he's determined that Christianity is the only true pathway, I go with my heart. We're NOT on the same page, and it can lead to interesting discussions and debates. Neither of us are moving on our personal platforms, and we hold onto them for many different reasons. 

Dale is brilliant - genius brilliant. When he delved into his religious 
studies, he taught himself original languages to be able to read 
the texts written in Assyrian, Hebrew and other languages. He 
usually starts every day out with up to four hours of meditation and 
scholarly research, and has extensive knowledge. He could easily 
teach at the advanced college level if he was so inclined. He 
does have a blog where he posts his studies and deductions, but 
I don't read it - it's too deep for me to understand clearly. I see 
with the heart, he sees with the head. Both visions are accurate, 
as far as they go. 

So, I'm heading back out to Dale's this morning, probably around 9:00 am. I'm hoping I left my laptop bag on top of his pool table - I suspect I did. I was pretty brain dead by the time I left his place at 4:30 pm. I owe Chickie a replacement day off, and DH and I agreed we'll offer her next Tuesday, giving her Wednesday, Friday and Saturday to work next week because of the Thanksgiving Day holiday. I need to get my "Turkey Day Holiday Sale" flyer revised, polished, and published ASAP, which is why I was looking for my laptop. *sigh* I need the pool! I need to clear my mind from computer crap and lose myself in water, rhythm and breathing. I hope you have an excellent Tuesday and I'll be back tomorrow. Slava Ukraini and חיים למען ישראל.