I just wanted to share an experience, for posterity… because I know I will look back on this one day and laugh.
So, I will be coming back to the US in a few months and I’ve caught a few interesting job prospects. My group is going to Jerusalem tomorrow and I wanted to get some resumes sent out, so I’ve been working all day, a good 8 hours of computer time after an 8 hour work day and well, I did a darn good job on my resume. I got everything all updated, saved, and ready… and then…
After I saved, I closed the file, made a copy and reopened it. All… was gone.
Oh yes, apparently my writer software lost the entire job even though I saved. Even with my tech savvy, there was nothing I could do.
It’s 12:30am, I need to be up at 6am, I still need to pack and have a shower. But, I laugh, somehow, I can laugh at this. I really want to cry too, really badly, but it’s just too funny. In the scheme of things, it’s not that big. I can redo the formatting and the cleaver writing relatively easily because I’ve done it once… it’s just a bit of a shame.
But, I suppose I’ve grown, I’m going to bed now but felt that I needed to share, to get it on paper so that something comes of it all. At least I got to make a nice reflection on all that I’ve done in my “professional” life and maybe the fates were telling me this was not the time to be applying to these things – or maybe, it’s a test of whether I want it badly enough to push even more. For now though, I know the limits.
To pack, to shower, to Jerusalem!