The Knitting Olympics, Part 6
A couple of days ago, I received an email about an opportunity…and not an opportunity involving a business partner in Nigeria, or an opportunity having something to do with the U.K. Lottery…this was a legitimate opportunity. One I was really intrigued by, and which made me totally abandon my Knitting Olympics project so I could devote some time to learning more about this exciting new possibility.
Further investigation left me somewhat disappointed, because it turns out I’m pretty unqualified for the thing being proposed, but I started filling out the online application, just because I was curious to see what sort of questions they’d ask.
So, I filled out the first screen of questions, and clicked “Next” to continue with the application. But instead of a new screen of questions, what popped up was “Congratulations! You have successfully applied for…” (…this thing for which you have no qualifications!)
I had one of those horrified moments that I have whenever the internet betrays me. Like “Next” shouldn’t mean an application has been submitted! To submit an application, you should have to click on something obvious. Like “Submit”!
At that point I realized that I desperately wanted to recommit myself to the Knitting Olympics. It’s like I had a totally sped-up version of the whole “Let’s learn to play the violin/No, let’s not” routine that I wrote about in my last post.
Except the application is still hanging over my head. I’m supposed to get a response in a couple of weeks (can’t wait!) In the meantime, my chances of medalling in the Knitting Olympics are looking better than ever.
(I should mention that the opportunity is not job-related, and doesn’t involve money. There is nothing at stake here except my self-esteem.)