Is this real life?!

Well.

I wrote a VERY long post to compensate for my lack of post in recent weeks.

It took me a little more than 2 hours to finish.

I had pictures with great annotations and captions and wonderful adventure-filled stories.

It was a magnificent post.

Blogger has the option to "save" as you go and I am one of those people who always saves as I go.

And I still did that.

Then, I had the terrible misfortune of receiving the dreaded Mac rainbow wheel (yes, that is a Date Night reference!) as I was proofreading (I was actually proof reading for the first time on this blog. It was that good of a post...I even gave it some literary flair by starting every paragraph with the word "so." ) and my whole computer froze.

Since I had been saving as I was going, I thought, "No problem. I'll just do a hard restart and this puppy will be done."

So that's what I did.

But everything was gone.

Except one teeny tiny part. 

I had titled the post #sorrynotsorry which prompted me to explain my lack of blog posts.

And low and behold, despite everything else being wiped away, the title remained. Mocking me.

I am morose and and here is a list of reasons why:
1. This post was sooo long. And so good. And emotional. It had just the right balance of puns and sappy "I love my family" anecdotes and a comprehensive list of what I am going to miss and what I am looking forward to come August. It was so good. I even used other media sources to make it a fun post. Like YouTube and gifs. It was awesome.
2. This means I will eventually have to re-do the post to explain its contents. For a preview, see item #1.
3. My mother will continue to send me nice and sweet texts reminding me that I am letting down my fanbase by not posting (she usually phrases it much more humbly and delicately though I suppose...).
4. In the time it took to write my beloved post, I could have watched two episodes of The Carrie Diaries.  Maybe even two and a half.
5. I don't know if anyone will believe my sob story about how my Mac failed me because Macs are the bomb dot com.
6. I am afraid I won't remember everything I wanted to share.
7. I am really want to eat a Chickfila sandwich RIGHT NOW and I'm pretty sure the closest one to me is about 4,000 miles away....UGH

8. The bar next door to my house has a pianist who is playing really sad music.
9. My roots need some fresh highlights. BADLY.
10. The last four reasons for my temporary depression are lame but I needed to have ten items for this list to feel complete...Select OCD I suppose.

So that happened which means a new and improved (maybe) post will be debuting soon. Hopefully. I work until midnight for the next few days which means I will have to write new blog posts in the morning and I can't promise any productive brain functions during that time.

*sigh*

But until then, thanks for reading and keeping up with my adventures in Portugal!

 :)