Let me start by saying go get Carbonite.
Run as fast as you can and back up EVERYTHING.
As June came to a close and July begun, I had several busy weeks of travel back to the midwest while moving into our new house.
The house which was already home to one packrat, several centipedes and God only knows how many spiders and ants!!
Not only did we move into a home to which the exterminator is now invited to Thanksgiving dinner we know him so well, but we had little furniture (having sold our old stuff to avoid the cost of moving it) and NO computers.
At first, it was Qwest's fault; it took them a week to hook up our internet. Then it was the Mac's fault, for going haywire and crashing its hard drive (mind you, the laptop had already fried its power cord, and was resisting mating with a new one!) We were restored to the laptop less than a week ago, and the hard working Mac is recovering with its Carbonite download (going on 5 days now. Apparently we live on the frontier; our internet connection is soooooo slow!)
So how does one stay in business without a computer? Ingenuity? More simple - I borrowed a friend's computer for a week. Wasn't easy not having a single file or report already downloaded (and I still cannot manager Constant Contact without my trusty Mac) but I managed. Still worked on my business, still connected with my team.
The moral of the story? Life happens. Just make sure your business keeps happening with it!
