Terrible Tuesday

I'm writing this from my office at work at 5:25 p.m. and the trip home does not appear on the horizon. Our primary software went down around 1 p.m. today, and I've been working on the problem ever since. Right now, the data base is backing up so that I can then attempt a rebuild of the data. The backup is about 75% complete, but it's been running for two hours. I have no idea how long the rebuild will take. I probably will leave when the rebuild starts, but if something goes awry, then when everyone arrives in the morning, they still won't be able to work. Nothing like having six people on the payroll sitting around doing nothing.