The Great Rebuild of 2009

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Amount of time it took to organize a day to do the rebuild: 14 days
Amount of dithering on the day of the rebuild to see if we'd actually have enough time: 14 minutes
On a scale of 1 to 10, amount of fear felt when "format" was clicked: 10
Number of times we looked at the screen while having lunch, to se if it was still working: 23 (each)
On a scale of 1 to 10, amount of joy felt when Kara was not totally bricked: 24 (across two people)
On a scale of 1 to 10, excitement at improved speed and stability: 7
On a scale of 1 to 10, excitement for getting to play with new color schemes and wallpapers: 9
GB of files backed up on external HD: 27
GB of files waiting to be reinstalled on Kara: 26.5
On a scale of 1 to 10, frustration with the need to install Vaio touchpad drivers again: 6
Number of freeware programs diligently downloaded and reinstalled: 6
Number installed before remembered to install anti-virus: 4
Number of email messgaes victoriously retrieved from server on first try: 13
Number of email messages accidentally deleted, unread, when old email profile was restored: 13 (if anyone mailed me anything important, please send again!)
Number of programs left to install: 13
First one on the list: Torchlight!
No, really, first one on the list: stupid Vaio touchpad drivers
Thankfulness for friend like kyriotate: infinte!