Tonight I had written a post that took me around 2 hours to write. I didn't save it as it was ready to post and off I went to make coffee. You know when you are ahead of the game and you are chaffed to bits with yourself.
I came back to a blank screen on my laptop and the only thing that was different was my dog have moved positions and was lying where I was sitting on the couch. With a long list of obscenities and some foul language I started from scratch again. I wasn't feeling so rosy anymore and was playing catch up.
You often hear kids saying to their teachers that the dog ate their homework, but this really happened. I have no idea if a tail flicked a key or what, but it had vanished. I don't like my dogs on the furniture and have no idea why she even thought it as fine to take a chance. In 5 minutes she had created mayhem and has taught me to save to drafts in the future.
What is even worse was I didn't get to post it as we had a massive power failure while I was writing this and have had to finish this off this morning. Th generator had a enough diesel for about an hour or so, but then again what is the point as the whole area was out and it only came back on at around 6 am this morning. A solid 8 hours that I wasn't expecting and I am sure it took plenty by surprise. There was a party going on down the street as today is a public holiday and the guests all disappeared rather quickly lol.
I will save my drafts in the future and expect the unexpected.