Password Pains

My apologies go out to those of you who follow me on here. If what I'm about to tell you keeps you from returning to read my future posts, then I completely understand. But, try not to hold it against me too much...

Since I haven't been as good about creating new posts as often as a regular blogger should, I finally got bit by the blog bug last week, and was ready to share my thoughts with all of you. There was just one tiny problem—I forgot both my username and password.

Of course, this issue could have been easily resolved if I'd have written this information down when I first created my blog, but that would be what the Jordan with common sense would do. Apparently, I was lacking that on the birth day of Greener Grass, Louder Laughs.

To my dismay, I tried for all of 20 minutes to access my account, typing in any and every username and password that I could imagine possible for me to have created. It was hopeless.

Yes, I gave up and almost saw it as a sign that I should just be done with my blog. I wasn't keeping up with it anyways, right? Wrong.

Something inside me clicked today when my brother began experiencing trouble trying to log into his Xbox Live account. I thought it was funny at first, knowing how much it bothered him that he couldn't play Call Of Duty or whatever crazy zombie game that was the peak of his interest at the moment. But that feeling was short lived when I was reminded that I too was having log-in issues with my blog. 

I got back on my computer, ready to face again all of the embarrassing red error messages informing me that I had entered either my username or password incorrectly. Making me feel as if I was trying to hack into my own account. So I tried. Again and again. Then, I gave in and clicked on the lovely blue words that totally diminished what little pride I had left in at least trying to recover my password from the depths of my mind—can't access your account?

Reluctantly, I clicked on the question and was taken to a page that asked for my gmail username. Um, hello? I don't know it. After typing in an incorrect username, I was taken to another page that gave me the option of choosing that I'd forgotten my password. I clicked that option. My computer proceeded to inform me that my password had been sent to my gmail account that I didn't know the name or password for. Good one, Google. 

After a few more failed attempts at submitting the incorrect username, a page popped up that asked me to submit an alternate email address that I would have included with the creation of my blog. So, I typed in another email and hallelujah it worked. 

The moral of the story is write down every username and password that you've ever created and will ever create. Or end up like me. Username-less. Password-less. Pride-less.