I don't expect anyone to understand this, or care

but I have to write it out.

When I arrived at Blogher, I realized that my laptop is registered in my name and, therefore, displays it in the top right corner of the screen.
I also saw that I had a folder on the desktop with my name on it (I don't remember why).
I remedied the first problem by taping one of my moo cards over the top right corner of the screen - as shown in this photo of me Twittering with Susie and Poppy in the widely disliked branding session:



that's me on the right. Poppy and Susie are to my right. We were good about not talking during class but we Twittered constantly.
ANYWAY.

Next, I dragged the folder into my hard drive folder.
The hard drive folder that was obscured for three days BY THE MOO CARD I TAPED TO MY SCREEN.

I shot dozens of photos in Chicago and was on my laptop all the time, downloading, uploading, and dragging the photos into a folder or the trash.
And, at some point, I dragged the hard drive folder away too.
All my passwords, all kinds of personal documents, lists, recipes...all gone.
For the past couple of weeks I have discovered more and more missing items.
I called K from Chicago to ask if he had software to recover deleted files.
I assumed that in one of my uploading/downloading sprees I dragged the hard drive into the trash and then emptied it. (I don't suppose that PC users know what I'm talking about.)
BUT
I've just discovered that I dragged both folders into my July photo folder.

SO.
Now I have everything that I thought was lost.