I'm too technologically naive to know how that might adversely affect me, but what it did do was send out an e-mail from me to people in my address book. One friend wrote back asking me if I got hacked. One professional acquaintance (who I actually had been avoiding, but needed to talk to) wrote me asking me if I was trying to get in touch with him (I wrote back that, yes, I was, and asked him what I needed to ask him). Another person told me they got my e-mail but didn't understand it. And the fourth person (a guy from my high school that I hadn't heard from in two years) wrote to tell me he would be in town visiting his parents for the holiday and maybe we could get together. I don't think this guy would have actually called me if not for the hack job e-mail sent out from me.
Anyway, we did get together for a few beers and it was just really nice to re-connect and just reminded me of why we were friends in high school in the first place. This guy, P., had also been trying to get in touch with another kid (okay, man) from high school (G., from this previous post) to try to see him and maybe a few other guys in our class, but because of family obligations and time constraints it wasn't working out.
G. did text me Sunday to say that he was leaving the next morning, but that maybe things would be less hectic and we could get together on his next visit. Then on Monday I get a text from him saying he was staying an extra day and maybe P. and I and another guy could meet at this little bar for Happy Hour. And even though I'm still wearing a brace and walking on crutches and the weather was supposed to be a little threatening, I was like, I'm in!
Well, the long story short is that G. got to stay the extra day because the airline had over-booked his flight and he accepted the offer of a free flight voucher. And G. ended up getting ten guys and one girl I went to high school with all at the bar. It was just a really awesome, fun and funny time catching up and remembering the antics of our high school years. Who knows if anything more will come from the meet-up (one of the guys said he would like to invite me over to he and his wife's next dinner get-together) but once again, it just strengthens my belief that there are no coincidences in life.
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