Wednesday, June 17, 2009

into thin air

I have the unfortunate ability to loose important items. I wish I could say it's not so....but it is. I can still manage to find everyone else's items in the family. Like ellie says "you are a good finder mom". That is unless that item is mine and sort of important. Important items like my drivers License, bank cards, the mr.'s bank card, keys and so on and so on. I think it probably all started when I was in high school and my wallet was my back pocket. My back pocket was my wallet for so long that sometimes even in my adult years I have forgotten that maybe the back pocket is a bit overrated as a wallet . I have since advanced to a soft orange leather wallet (that I love I might add) and I try to steer clear of habits from my younger years but it is hard sometimes. I am getting better. The craziest part about my unfortunate ability is that I could swear misplacement is not the issue. More like these things just disappear into thin air or my house has a black hole. At least that is what I thought and that is what I tell the mr. when I have had to borrow his bank card and then have had to tell him I lost his too.....oops (his has only disappeared once). It was flat out mind boggling I tell you. Unitll one day randomly I remembered back to a time when I was using the bathroom at Target and somehow some mysterious way my keys wound up where no keys should really ever go. It all happened so fast but when my pants came up the keys went down...down...down. Never before have I hated those automatic flushers so much. I didn't stand a chance with that flusher because no matter my strategy when I stood up the inevitable was going to happen...and it did. In a blink of an eye my shiny keys were traveling into the dark abyss. That's when I realized the possibility that maybe all those important items ended up in the dark abyss too without me even knowing it after to much back pocket time. It was the only thing that made since. I told the Mr. He just laughed at me. Now I realize maybe he was right to laugh...and I am sad. I can't find my camera. (boo hoo) It has vanished into thin air......I am really just so sad. It can't fit down the toilet hole or fit in my back pocket so that blows my whole theory. I am keeping my fingers crossed and saying little prayers that it is waiting for me in a few places I have not been able to check yet. Now I am back to my into thin air and black hole thoeries. Maybe somehow eveything that has vanished is all in one tricky place and one magical day I will find all of it.....maybe?

10 comments:

Shortcake and Company said...

Oh Monica...thank you, thank you, thank you for the good laugh. I so needed it today. And the key story had me giggling like crazy. I love that story and good luck with the camera. ;)

Anonymous said...

you're not alone.
i've lost both our bank cards before too.
twice!!

Audrey said...

We ought to start a club....my keys are still missing. I also just received a replacement card from Amex. Apparently my back pocket isn't a good wallet either :)

Allison said...

haha. that is so funny. and sad.

hope you find your camera!

Ali said...

Okay I need Mike to read this post. He needs to know I am not the only victim of this black hole abyss! These last 3 weeks my cell phone, car keys,and yesterday my diamond all went missing, along with other minor littler things. My theory was pregnancy was causing less blood flow to the brain because it is all going to my belly. He wouldn't buy it , but maybe he will yours.
Hey at least we haven't lost any children, if all we had to keep track of was ourselves all day like the husbands do, we could be more organized too.

Danielle said...

If you find the black hole let me know because I am missing MANY MANY things!

Amy Pulley said...

So funny! Other than the fact that you lost your camera... not so funny... pretty crappy. I completely support your theory, though.

Cher said...

Oh. I feel your pain. I once had my cell phone in my back pocket and put the pants down to use the bathroom and my phone jumped right into the potty to its death.
Also I lost our family video camera complete with precious tapes of kids birthdays etc. it still haunts me to this day. I remember having it at lake powell and then not having it when we got home.
I've also managed to lose two cameras that never returned to me. I am still hoping they do.
I hope you find yours right away!

Cher said...

P.S. Maybe there are little invisible goblins taking our stuff. Because I swear those cameras just DISAPPEARED!

Neisha said...

Maybe there is a camera stealing monkey in the neighborhood, becuase we are missing 2 cameras.