gotta’ LOVE technology – eh?!

At a loss for words...

Earlier today I wrote a blog, a long blog … it wasn’t complete, but it was in the process... now it's gone -- definitely gone! (hmmm, by my clock I actually wrote that yesterday... grrr.) I was in a lovely place; “the writing zone” – that special place where thoughts and fingers perform in unison. (At the gym it’s the “power zone” but I’ll stick to the point.) Such a sweet spot… if writing could have one… as fast as thoughts formed, fingers responded – the words were appearing on the screen expressing exactly what was readily available for sharing who/why/what/where/when & exactly how. All was well with the harmony of words appearing on the screen, when suddenly the text area was curiously blank. Seriously, I had a strange vision of Porky Pig coming through my screen saying: "th-th-th-that's all folks!"… the show is over (yes, I write late at night - I'm weird that way) Back to the screen -- the words were simply gone -- Huuhhh??? This sort of thing is not typical for me {computers rarely confuse me, humor me here} but there I was in the middle of "my zone" with a zone–killing thought … where's my text; that blog thingy I was typing while in “the zone”? Now for those who don’t know me… I am a technically savvy, speed demon typist, software guru, & shortcut-using kind of gal who can retrieve data lost when working with VPs at the office or install software for family and friends without a hitch… but as for what the heck went wrong at this moment... I hadn't the slightest clue! Yikes! There was no sign of foul play, just a little bacon about to fry; the program was still open and functioning. The screen looked just as it had before … well, except for the blank space where all my words had been downloaded. Not even my typical retrieval tricks and techniques were helpful. I tried all possible shortcuts (of which I know many). FYI – shortcuts are those 2+ keystroke combinations universal to software programs – they are designed to allow speedy (compulsively efficient) typists to use edit functions with text while the typist’s fingers are industriously flying across the keyboard without fear of text loss [Alt+Bkspc] undo…Undo… please UNDO whatever it was I just did. Apparently my fingers and the keyboard didn’t talk nice and play well together or the computer wouldn’t have eaten my words (twice, but I'm not even going there – just leaving it alone). GRRRR To make things worse … I lost my train of thought and my “zone” was obliterated by the frustration of working through the computer stuff for which my vast software expertise did nothing to assist – leaving me at a loss for words… literally. Not only had the words disappeared from the screen but from my head as well – Dang!! Between then and now, however, I drove to the gym … found my power zone – showed the dumb-bells a thing or two (yes, that felt great - would've like a kick-boxing match with the computer - but one of us would have fallen on her butt). However, now I’m writing this in a ‘reliable’ program and will copy/paste it before I publish. The other blog thingy… hey it's still in La-La Land and would take way too much focus to get those original thoughts back – it’s too late (early) for that now. Yes, I still love technology – in fact, I bought new financial software and a new printer, ink, cables & all (hopefully it doesn’t use invisible ink)!! "th-th-th-that's all folks!"…

HonuGirl