I was late to bed last night, because I had a bit of a software panic. My GoPro notified me that it had uploaded my videos and then deleted them from the SD card, but I couldn’t find the videos on my GoPro Media page or in my app. I was panicked and trying to figure out ways to recover the data from the SD card. There were software services that could do that, but I wasn’t sure about spending the money. I tried to reach out to GoPro, but their contact form was broken. It wouldn’t let me select an option to open a case. I felt very upset and took a trazadone to help me sleep after that panic and the encounter with Hugo.
I had trouble waking up in the morning and trouble getting out of bed. I should have gone for an early morning run, but I couldn’t get myself to move. I was still upset about the missing videos. I got myself in the shower and ate breakfast and made it to work on time, but I was just feeling low.
But, some time during the workday, I started to feel better. I was engaging with work, and it felt good. A bird kept landing on the AC unit outside my window and cheering me up. During lunch, I did some Shoulders and Arms level 2 exercises to ease myself back into that program. But I didn’t walk to the mailbox. I haven’t really left the house all day. I decided to go ahead and buy some recovery software because I didn’t want to keep worrying about the lost files.
In the afternoon, I made an interesting discovery at work and that actually felt exciting. I didn’t get all the things I wanted to get done completed, but I made progress.
After work, I felt the same kind of lassitude that I’d felt in bed this morning. I didn’t want to do anything, not even get dinner. I have things I need to do. Dishes. Food. Air out some of my backpacking gear. But I just stayed on the floor looking at my phone until nearly 6.
The recovery software had done its thing, but I still wasn’t seeing any files from 2025. I was so confused. What the heck was going on? I finally took a closer look and realized that for some reason the GoPro had recorded every single new video with a datetime stamp of July 20, 2024, 11:56 PM. Every single one. They were in my app and in my media, but labeled with an extremely confusing date. So, now I’ve got to edit the date on all the files. The times will be approximate, but I’ll put them in order. Eventually.
This was probably something that Ambrose did. He likes to mess with my electronics. A ghost in the machine. How else could I have recorded a short video last August with an 8/10 date, and then when I record this one it’s all 7/20? He’s messing with me again, so there’s probably a reason.
I’m going to get to bed on time tonight and I’m looking forward to hot springs tomorrow. I’ve got a therapy appointment tomorrow as well. First one in a month. Perhaps the last one for a while.
