But I’ll get over it.

I’m bummed because I have been faithfully blogging every day since June 10th.  Every day!

It was a little goal I set for myself.  Start a blog.  Write every day.

For four months, I have been meeting that goal.

Thursday, however, something went wrong.

I wrote a post on Wednesday night.  I looked it over.  Spell-checked.  Proofread.  Formatted.  And I thought I scheduled it.  But last night, when I logged in to work on a post for today, I discovered it sitting there with a big bold “Draft” label on it.

Oh, it had the right date and time listed where the schedule information appears, but something happened.  I must have neglected to push the button that would switch it from a draft to a scheduled post.  I thought I did.  I even think I saw the post appear in my inbox.  (Yes, I subscribe to my own blog.  How else am I going to know if something goes wrong with the delivery system?)  Apparently, I was seeing things, however, and it never went out.

So, today, you may get two posts.  Because a person can’t waste a perfectly good blog post, can she?

But my perfect record is spoiled.

Sigh.

This is a very dangerous moment.  It’s like having a piece of birthday cake for the first time since you started your diet six weeks ago.  If you let it become this big failure, you figure you might as well eat the whole cake.

Oops.  Failed to meet the standard I set for myself.  Missed a blog post.  No point in continuing.

Or, you can decide that a piece of cake during a celebration is not a terrible lapse.  You can eat salad tomorrow.

So, I’m bummed.  And a little annoyed with myself for not double-checking.  (Rushing to watch the VP debate–but that’s no excuse.)  On the other hand, there are far bigger tragedies in the world.  Far bigger.

A 14-year old girl was shot by a bunch of religious thugs because she wanted an education.

Yes, it’s important to adhere to goals and maintain standards.  On the other hand, my message to myself today is to keep a sense of proportion.

14-years old.  She wanted an education.  They shot her in the head.

My little blogging error doesn’t seem like such a big deal, does it?