A Journalistic Emergency, plus Happy Anniversary

So I was in the office, finishing off the final article due to be published on TNG today, when I decided at around 1am to head back home before working on the final piece of the story, the main image. Packed up, headed home, lounged about, showered, etc... and then I turned on my lappie and realised I hadn't copied the files from the work server and onto my laptop to be emailed to the web guy for uploading. 

Cut to Nick, stressing out, wondering what to do now. Sent sms'es to my editors S and J who are meant to go through the pages one last time after they've been uploaded to the site, but no reply. Called, but no reply. Considered going back into the office, but it's locked, and only the editors have the key. So even if I headed in early in the morn a few hours from now, I'd still need one of 'em to be there. Decided to sms another colleague as he is an early riser; am awaiting his response now. Gawsh. Never a dull moment when you're a journalist. Even if it's self-inflicted.

This is the greatest irony: I don't have the key to the doorknob of the main door, otherwise I'd be able to get in. And what irks me is that I don't remember if I'd locked the doorknob specifically before leaving the office. (There are other locks; I have keys for those.) So should I drive back now, at 4:15am, and try to get in? What if it's unlocked? I could get the whole situation resolved and over with. What if it's locked? Then it's a pointless 20-minute drive on lonely roads to a lonely empty office building. Arrrgh. What to do. What to do!!!

Well, I guess time will tell. Hopefully one of 'em will buzz me soon and tell me they'll be able to get to the office early. In the meantime, I'm just sitting here, waiting, too wired to sleep, and figuring I might as well watch some tv shows to kill some time. Meanwhile, I totally forgot, but as of August last month (yes, that's redundant), this blog is officially four years old. YAY. I hope to keep it going as long as Blogger lasts (which leads me to a scary thought: what if one day Blogger shut down?? Is there no way to backup this entire blog?!)... if only to retain memories of crazy, stressful moments such as right now.

Happy anniversary. Wish me luck.

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Edited at 3:30pm to add:

Okay, whew. Work crisis resolved. Went to sleep at 7-ish. Got woken up my SMSes and calls. Tried to go back to sleep. Began to storm. Slept at 8-ish. Now back at work. Oy.