random thoughts - Day 2,011 (Thursday) - victory and defeat

The scales of life seem to demand that each small victory must be counterbalanced by a defeat. At least that is how it felt this morning.

Dresser nook!

On the small victory side of the equation, the chest of drawers alcove was completed (at least until I decide to rearrange things again which could be as soon as Friday). A small area rug from Aldi, bought on Wednesday for the paltry sum of $3.99 was the catalyst, a great find after never hearing back from the carpet place about a remnant and persistently procrastinating on the follow-up. After trimming off a few inches from two edges of the Aldi rug to fit the space, the dresser was set on it. Then came the handcrafted dresser scarf (bought years ago at a church rummage sale), a framed embroidery piece (housewarming gift from friends), some black lacquer pieces, and a lamp. It felt great to have completed another little nook. 

Then it was time to hit the desk for job applications. There have been some great sounding jobs each week that I've jumped to apply for. Today's application involved uploading a resume, then filling in additional info for each employer, then uploading writing samples. I have a portfolio document with a variety of writing including billboards, customer testimonial ads, financial educational articles, event handouts, product literature, and recruiting materials. And ... the file is too large to upload to their system. I tried to delete a few pages from the PDF, but I don't have a version of the software that will allow that and I'm not willing to buy a subscription for something rarely used. Even worse, I can't find the source document in the original program it was created in to delete a couple pages and save it again. There was some muttering at the computer, but without an audience, yelling is kind of pointless and I don't want to freak out my feline housemate.

I tried to print the info that was already entered in the application session to capture the succinct, fresh, new writeups of job information for employer and accidentally closed the browser tab and blew away the entire application. The "Save and Continue" button clicked after each entry to move to the next appears to have been purely decorative. The only things saved were my name and email address. Hooray for technology. I think the robots are winning the revolution. The day's victory was feeling slightly overshadowed by an annoying defeat.

Electro Bolt!

In an attempt to gain another small victory, a small-risk, moderate-gain activity was undertaken. The hammer was fetched and the picture hangers came out. The extensive artwork was pawed through and a couple framed selections were chosen. The guest bathroom now has a framed photo titled "Circus Carriage Wheel." The back door entrance area now hosts a thrifted Electro Bolt poster that I wanted to mount on the electrical panel door, but it's too large. I finally figured out that one of the light switches under Electro Bolt is for a motion activated light at the back door. 

Things are beginning to click into place. The victories are ahead again.