Illustrator and the ROADBLOCK

Sometimes ROADBLOCKS happen.  Rarely at a time when you would welcome one.

Yesterday I started working on a project in my TPT store for the Seller Makeover Challenge

Everything was going fantastic.  It was turning out to be a BIG project, as this was my first product in the fall of 2012.  The content was good, but the graphic design work was something I was never truly happy with...someday, I'd get to it (I'd tell myself again and again.)

Four hours later, and I've made really good progress. I could finish the next day!

This morning I eagerly anticipated getting started where I left off.

And that's when the ROADBLOCK(S) hit!

Illustrator (my program of choice for a dozen years) wouldn't open the file I saved yesterday.  I spent many hours trying to find out just what went wrong. I had a feeling the file was too big, As I've discovered in the past, Illustrator doesn't like to open big files (anything more than 20mb!)

I prayed a lot.

Maybe, I thought, God, this is another one of those Faith Walks. 

(We've been on a few of those.)

And so I prayed more, and decided to trust Him.

A couple hours later, and I'm fighting back some tears.  

This is not the way today was supposed to go. 

I finally tried to open it one more time. 

No luck.

I left. Took my car in for new tires and an oil change.

When I came back two hours later, my file was open.

My heart skipped a few beats. I was thrilled.

I started working again and went to save some pages for the Web.

Suddenly, no response.

Okay, so I got this far.

I kept going.

Not to give up.

It's just a ROADBLOCK!

I closed everything down and went to the Control Panel.

I just stared at it.

Must be 'you', I said!

But what?

Pray.

I was going to click on RESTORE, but then chickened out.

I need to talk to someone like my son or son-in-law first.

I went back to Illustrator and worked on another aspect of the project.

I gave the Save to Web one more try.

Hmmm, it worked. Just like always.

Okay......

God listens. He is faithful. 

And yes, I do believe it has been a Faith Walk.

I'm sure there will be more.

A couple hours have gone by, and I am finally where I was yesterday.

I worked on reducing my page sizes, as the new graphics I was using were way too big.

Problem solved.

And so, I sing praise and carry on. 

After all, ROADBLOCKS are only temporary.