This is the story of a girl...

Who just did something REALLY stupid!

I run Linux Mint 19.1, and I had a kernel update today. Every time I have a kernel update, I usually back up my blogging folder and my book writing folder, just as a precautionary measure.

Well, as I'm prepping my backup, I'm talking with my 'Mama Melissa' about some things going on in the house and I deleted the WRONG copies of the files. And when I say 'deleted,' I don't mean just move to the trash. I mean 'Delete forever' deleted.

Everything I had written/done in the last 3 weeks... GONE.

I started getting upset and nervous... I wanted my files back!!

Ran a few programs... nope. Those files were GONE gone.

And then... I sat back, sighed HEAVILY and regrouped myself. This wasn't a big deal, truthfully speaking.

Technically, I lost about 3000+ words in my stepbrother story...which, honestly? Is fine. I wasn't really liking the way it was going, if I'm being completely real with myself. It was moving WAY too fast and away from the visions I had in my head. Kinda mad I lost an AWESOME 'oral' scene... probably one of the BEST I've ever written, but I'll live. I can probably re-write it, even BETTER (if that's possible), somewhere else.

I also lost an edited story that should have gone to my girls last weekend, but that's easily re-editable. Again, I'll live.

BUT the upswing? I still have the entirety of my 'NaNoWriMo' file and I'm pretty sure I have the entirety of the fanfic I was working on in December. So I can STILL pick up with Aubree, Jarrett and Logan again in February. ALL IS NOT LOST!!

So, What have I learned from all this?
a. Watch what you're doing when backing up.
b. Back up often
c. Back up to an online storage site, like Google Drive or OneDrive.