Somewhere SOL #7

I love the change of the seasons and change of scenery and change of perspective. I really don't mind change expect when it comes to technology. 

We have been waiting on new computers for what seems like forever. The week before they were to arrive, we were instructed on how to back up our files. I am not a fan of Google drive. I just can't organize it like I can my desktop. Because of my dislike for drive, I decided to also back up my files on a jump drive so I could reload them on my new computer desktop.

Files were copied, and I used the jump drive the next day to work on yearbook. At the end of the day, I put the jump drive "somewhere" and went home.

The following day I went to get the jump drive from "somewhere." And guess what, I couldn't find it anywhere. I looked at home; I looked at school; I looked in my camera bag. I looked everywhere, and I looked everywhere again and again, but I could not find it.

I began to panic. I needed the files on this jump drive.

I called our tech department and asked if I could get my old computer back to save the files again.  I searched through boxes of over 60 black computers that all looked the same. 

Did I have any identifying marks? Yes! A chip on the right-hand bottom corner!

But so did many others.

Finally, I found my computer and resaved my files, but I still wanted to find that jump drive because I knew it had to be "somewhere."

I backtracked my steps. The last place I had it was when I was working on the yearbook. I again, opened my camera bag, took the camera out, and looked in all the zippered pouches. Feeling defeated, I sat at my desk and went to put the camera back in the back, and I finally found it..."somewhere."

And little did I know the little orange jump drive was stuck on my camera!

 

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