Down and Out of it

I spent the last half of this month feeling less than 100%.  Not only did I contract a cold which has been dogging me for what is going on three weeks now but my desktop computer got a virus which seems to have completely deleted the contents of my hard drive.  It did one of its usual restarts after some updates, all my desktop icons where gone and all my program and library folders were empty.  Not a good thing.  I asked around to some folks in the neighborhood who are good with computers and the general consensuses is that I'm fucked.  I went as far as replacing the hard drive and reloading the operating system so now I just have to go through the tedious task of reloading all my software.  My one hope is I can recover the photo and music data from the old hard drive before I reformat it but I'm having some trouble accessing the data folders.  Hopefully with a little more encouraging advice from the neighbors I'll be able to get some stuff back.

Even though I've been sick, that has not prevented me from stepping out and enjoying some live music.  The weekend of the 22nd I went up to Rochester (of all places) with Eric and Kathy for my nephew Thomas' 17th birthday and while I was up there (conveniently) Eric and I went to see the Tedeshi/Trucks band at the Auditorium Theater.  A great room and a great show.

A fish fry smothered with Rochester's own Bill Gray's Hot Sauce

Also while I was up there I tried to make contact with as many people as I could.  I haven't been back to Rochester nearly at all since we moved back down to Maryland I don't know how many years ago.  I'd always planned to keep in touch but over time life happens and good friends seem to slip away.  It was quite successful in that I got to see Billy North (briefly) and my friend Kirk as well as Fred and a host of in-laws.  I didn't get a chance to see my friend Bob but I've been reconnecting with him recently via email and he sounds interested in maybe joining in for the next Broke Back Brewery tour.  I'd like to plan something like that for before the holidays but between work, school and the unpredictable winter weather it my not happen until early next year although I'm sure we could all use a break sooner rather than later.

Anywho, October is almost over and I'm feeling better so I better brace myself for the coming winter months