My laptop has a new soul

It's been so long since I've posted or read any one's blog I feel like I'm in withdrawal. It's funny, even though I don't really know anyone out in my blog world (at least, most of you) I still missed everyone!

My computer has been down for a while. And I'm not comfortable using the lab desktop to blog so I haven't done it lately. And as I mentioned before, I'm not good at writing once I get home. I'm not sure how to qualify what happened to it, it was in a coma then awoke for a few days, until I killed it. Now it has a new soul. Let me explain.

1. Coma (data still there, just not accessible) - motherboard needed to be replaced.
2. Revived, awoke from coma - motherboard replaced so it's a happy computer, for a few days.
3. Dead, I killed it (no longer registered hard drive) - It had the unfortunately luck of being on my lap when I got really pissed at someone. While it was running I slammed it shut, physically damaging the hard drive. I lost everything.
4. Receives a new soul - new hard drive installed, so it has the same body but all new insides.

It took a while for me to get everything reinstalled, and I still don't have everything I had before. At least I can start writing when I want to now. And I have so much to read! I have over 300 on my Reader since I've been gone a month. Ugh. Please be patient.