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January 04, 2008
Ski trip canceled
After years of searching, a couple of months ago I finally found a wallet I like. I lost it tonight. Also lost: my driver's license, my social security card, a credit card, a bank card, about $2 worth of credit on a Starbucks gift certificate, $20 credit on a Powell's gift card, a 15% off coupon at Jiffy Lube, a coffee shop punch card and about $23 in cash.
Ben and I have spent the last hour and a half retracing my steps this evening, squinting into muddy puddles in the rain, digging around the car, upending the house, and calling everyone and everywhere it might have been. Eventually, though, you have to call it quites.
I'm feeling rather zen about the loss, the prospect of identity theft, the soggy search, even about the fact that I've had to cancel the ski trip that Austin and I were planning to take tomorrow. I'm not angry, not sad. Mostly I want to shake my head and say, "There I go again."
Sometimes my absentmindedness results in amusing stories. Did I tell you about the time I walked right through the middle of a Little League game, completely unaware as I buried my nose in a book? How about the time I locked the keys in the car at noon in Death Valley when I had a fever? Gee, that Courtney. Sure has her head in the clouds. There she goes again.
This time my absentmindedness is going to cost me about $45, plus the cost of a new driver's license, plus a whole bunch of time and hassle. Probably less money, overall, than a day of skiing. *sigh*
Posted by Courtney_Sherwood at January 4, 2008 11:18 PM
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Oh hell. What a drag.
I used to carry my SS card in my wallet, despite knowing that it was probably a bad idea. Finally I got it a new home... but forgot where that was.
It was actually pretty easy to replace it, but it did require an appearance at the SS office.
Posted by: underwhelm at January 5, 2008 07:00 AM
Thanks. That's somewhat heartening.
Posted by: Courtney at January 5, 2008 10:46 AM