Almost Lost Our Data

If you are a first time reader of my blog you should know that I have a small business that I'm a partner in. We have 32 employees and operate in three states. Monday afternoon our servers went down. They have been good to us for almost 10 years, but they were overloaded as our company has grown. At first we thought of the worst possible outcome and that would be losing all of our data.

After a couple of calls we found a guy in Santa Ana, CA who is supposed to be the top specialist in retrieving data once it has been lost. So, I jumped in the car with my precious cargo and off I went to CA. I arrived there at about 7:00 P.M. ( It is about a 6 hour drive) and he began working to retrieve our data.

If you have ever owned a business, especially a service business like ours, and depended on your computers for just about everything then you will understand what I'm talking about. We had backups , but the info was backed up on last Wed. so we had several days of transactions that would have been lost. The most important was our customers orders.

As I sat around and watched this guy try his magic he told me that I should go home and get some rest because he said he would be up all night. Since I couldn't do anything there anyway I decided to head to a hotel to crash for the night. At about 11:00 my cell phone rang and it was my guy. After taking several deep breaths I answered the phone and he told me the news. He said I have good news and bad news. The good news is that I have ALL of your data. I couldn't speak for a minute because I was too choked up with joy. He then told me the bad news and that was it would take about two days to do a back up since our computer was so old.

Needless to say I had to stay in CA for two days and I was stuck doing nothing. Well, that is not actually true. I ended up going to the beach to read and have some lunch and I got to see two beaches that I never saw before. There is one thing that I did notice about CA and it was the traffic. I was on a 6 lane highway and I was standing still. The sheer number of cars and people in that state is overwhelming. As I was sitting in traffic I started to think about the time the people who live here and the time they spend everyday just on these freeways. I then related the time they spend on the freeways to my time doing two jobs and having time for my wife and my family.

I could not imagine spending over an hour one way to do your job and then work 8 to 10 hours and then have to jump in the car and drive home in that traffic. I barely have time to live my life and I don't have to spend over two hours in the car to and from work. Imagine not having to commute? You could save on gas, dry cleaning, lunches and parking to name a few. Working out of my house is a dream that I wish to attain and I'm on my way. Making a living from my house and at the same time help others to do the same. Isn't it time you look for an alternative to your current situation? Need extra money? If you are just open to looking, I would like to share how we can change your life together. Everyone needs help once in awhile and I want to help you.