Just Another Day in the Life

Today, I realized around mid-day that I couldn’t locate my wallet. I didn’t think much of it- I’d had it out early this morning to get cash out to send my nieces a card and money to go see Beauty and the Beast. So, I went through the day, presuming my wallet was on my living room floor.

I had a hair appointment after work, so I ran home to get the wallet so I could use my cash back credit card (hair color ain’t cheap y’all). Except… no wallet.

I did grab my checkbook, hoping I could use that to pay my colorist (do people even accept checks?). In the meantime, I also realized (duh) that I had driven through McDonald’s for a Diet Coke¹ on my way to work this morning, so there was no way I’d left it on my floor. (glad I drove home to look… at least gas is 5% cash back on my card for another week…)

So I checked my purse again. No wallet.

So I walked out and checked my car again. No wallet.

So I texted a bunch of coworkers to see if they were still at work, and headed to my hair appointment. On my way there, I realized I probably had time to stop back at work to check for the wallet, so I did. Except… no wallet.

So, I checked my car again. No wallet.

(thankfully, I still had my trusty checkbook)

At this point, panic started to set in slightly. I wasn’t worried that it was stolen (I had checked my accounts), but I started thinking about some upcoming trips. You see, I leave for Chicago early Thursday morning for a friend’s wedding. Could I get a credit card and ID in time? I mean, I can always use my passport instead, but I plan to party pretty damn hardy in Chicago for three days, and I’d prefer not to have my passport lost/stolen/puked on/sold for beer money, because I leave for Mexico the first weekend of May. And can I get a new passport by then? All reasonable things to consider, and I wasn’t feeling suuuuuper comfortable.

I got back into my car to head to my hair appointment, deciding that I should email my secretary to send out a (horrifyingly embarrassing) staff email tomorrow morning for everyone to keep an eye out for Bev’s wallet. Because that’s not an email coworkers would tease me about or anything…

But then I found my wallet, hiding behind a half-full 12-pack of Diet Sunkist on my passenger floor.

Because of course.

-Bev

¹You can bet your ass that I took a sip before I drove off- they got it right this time- no need to wish another karmic payback on them. (read here)