Computer Woes (Patreon)

I am back online, but Houston, we have a problem.  The hard drive was too damaged to save, but when they opened my backup files, they were corrupt. Nothing since 2015 has saved correctly and I didn't realize it because I never opened the files from the backup.  Luckily I'm paranoid so I had a backup for my backup, but I only saved the most critical files, and I hadn't saved there since Nov. of 2020.  The biggest problem is that I had edited Gods of Misfortune since then. When I reread the final version before starting GoM 2, I realized there were places where it felt too jarring--I needed more background. And I found places where the wrong name was used.  And all that work is gone now.  I also need to retrain Dragon Dictate (after I repurchase it).  So there's that.  I feel so overwhelmed.  But I will get there, and I am blessing my paranoia that I had a backup for my backup.