Lost And Found

Last week I was lucky enough to spend three days straight on my book! It was probably the first time that I have ever been able to just go and go and go all day long. Boy was I on a roll and loving every minute of it. To my great dismay, however, on Thursday evening after work, I re-opened the document on my laptop to find that the previous days' work was not there! I didn't know what to do. I was gobsmacked and the reality of my work gone took a long time to sink in. When it did, it hit me hard. I just couldn't believe that it was gone and there was nothing I could do to get it back- other than to write it all over again.

Luckily I went to footy that night and it helped to clear my thoughts and get this great tragedy off my mind. I knew that if I didn't write it as soon as possible then the motivation would be gone and I would have really struggled to "piece the words together". So, when I returned home I was ready to sit down, suck it up, and do what needed to be done. It took just over four hours and it was well into the morning when I had finished, but that was just it- I had done it! What was lost from the memory of my computer was found by recollecting the general flow of where I had taken Evelyn. It wasn't the same, but that is okay, it didn't need to be. Perhaps you could even say that it is better now?

Most importantly, I've learnt my lesson- back up, back up, back up!!!

Thank goodness I didn't let despair get ahold of me as I did once upon a time:

There’s no point holding on anymore

It’s lost, forgotten, never to be found.

The result is as expected;

Disappointment rains down,

The silence rings out deafeningly.

There's more to this piece but perhaps I'll share it another time when I'm feeling a little braver :P