I found my water bottle! It didn’t make it into my bag apparently when I was leaving work the other day. It inspired me to see what I could do about the other favs missing. I know when everything went missing – within a few hour window.
- Sunglasses: I emailed the church today, where my sunglasses were last seen asking them to check their lost and found. The only other place is Cece’s. Nothing’s turned up right?
- Watch: I’m pretty sure it’s somewhere in my house. I had it the Saturday I got back from the middle east and took it off after I went grocery shopping, before I started cooking. So it’s got to be in my place somewhere. I’m going to try to do a quick spring cleaning Monday (I have president’s day off)
- Winter hat: This one I retraced my steps and checked the lost and founds so it’s gone. But I’ve got a sister hat in cream – doesn’t look as good, but am going to bring it into the yarn store and find the right yarn to recreate a new version. Either in the dark gray of the original or maybe a nice dark red or purple that goes well with my complexion. This will be my first wearable item in crochet. I have a feeling it will take quite a few tries. I’ll keep you posted.
- Gold earrings: This one I retraced my steps too and it is gone. I’m going to search online to find replacements – I think I know the name of the designer and maybe it’s in some overstock website. I did get them at TJ Maxx after all.
- Winter gloves: Again, I retraced my steps and it’s gone. But I’ve been meaning to replace these anyways. I started looking the other month at Macy’s so will start looking online too. My wee hands have been particularly cold these last couple of weeks on my way into work.
Hopefully I can soon report on some more items “found” and this is the end of the losing streak!
In other news, I was pleasantly surprised by the recent Fresh Air on Temple Grandin. I had picked up her book last year and started reading it but had put it down for some reason. I’ll have to pick it up again. She’s a remarkable woman who took her acute autism and used it as a strength to revolutionize the way we slaughter cattle. Apparently there’s a new HBO series about to start starring Claire Danes.
And finally, I have to jot down what I saw yesterday on my way down to CT for a project meeting. It’s about a two hour drive and I had just gotten onto I-84. The traffic was pretty light and I was enjoying the drive in my wonderful car. It was supposed to be a zipcar, but I won’t get into that. I do have to be more conscious of speed in this car – you don’t notice it at all. Actually on the way back, I kept passing cars pulled over by the police and had to slow down and it seemed like I was barely moving. Not that I was speeding before – don’t want to self-incriminate here. But if I had to choose, I’d prefer to be in a fast car rather than a slow car – if I’m on my own. Slow cars drive me bonkers. Anyways, that’s not the point. I was driving along – good site lines up ahead and I notice a spray of snow shoot up from where there was an on ramp. As I approach, in the far left lane I realize the spray was from a semi-truck that had taken the on ramp curve too quickly. It was one of those trucks that carry about a half dozen cars. Except it was empty. And now it was facing perpendicular to the road – both the on-ramp and highway – partly on each and the expanse of grass in between. Luckily, as we all come up to it, being the first wave of vehicles to approach, there was another semi in the far right lane, who slowed down and stopped, blocking the lane and letting approaching cars now there was an incident here with his flashers. It was all very peaceful – the beauty of the green frame of the truck against the white snow and the backdrop of evergreens. Very quaint and no one harmed. Although I’m not sure how easy it was to get the truck repositioned again. And I saw it all happen, except the magnitude of what happened didn’t register until I was closer. There’s something about things being in the distance and much tinier seem much less significant.
- Sunglasses: I emailed the church today, where my sunglasses were last seen asking them to check their lost and found. The only other place is Cece’s. Nothing’s turned up right?
- Watch: I’m pretty sure it’s somewhere in my house. I had it the Saturday I got back from the middle east and took it off after I went grocery shopping, before I started cooking. So it’s got to be in my place somewhere. I’m going to try to do a quick spring cleaning Monday (I have president’s day off)
- Winter hat: This one I retraced my steps and checked the lost and founds so it’s gone. But I’ve got a sister hat in cream – doesn’t look as good, but am going to bring it into the yarn store and find the right yarn to recreate a new version. Either in the dark gray of the original or maybe a nice dark red or purple that goes well with my complexion. This will be my first wearable item in crochet. I have a feeling it will take quite a few tries. I’ll keep you posted.
- Gold earrings: This one I retraced my steps too and it is gone. I’m going to search online to find replacements – I think I know the name of the designer and maybe it’s in some overstock website. I did get them at TJ Maxx after all.
- Winter gloves: Again, I retraced my steps and it’s gone. But I’ve been meaning to replace these anyways. I started looking the other month at Macy’s so will start looking online too. My wee hands have been particularly cold these last couple of weeks on my way into work.
Hopefully I can soon report on some more items “found” and this is the end of the losing streak!
In other news, I was pleasantly surprised by the recent Fresh Air on Temple Grandin. I had picked up her book last year and started reading it but had put it down for some reason. I’ll have to pick it up again. She’s a remarkable woman who took her acute autism and used it as a strength to revolutionize the way we slaughter cattle. Apparently there’s a new HBO series about to start starring Claire Danes.
And finally, I have to jot down what I saw yesterday on my way down to CT for a project meeting. It’s about a two hour drive and I had just gotten onto I-84. The traffic was pretty light and I was enjoying the drive in my wonderful car. It was supposed to be a zipcar, but I won’t get into that. I do have to be more conscious of speed in this car – you don’t notice it at all. Actually on the way back, I kept passing cars pulled over by the police and had to slow down and it seemed like I was barely moving. Not that I was speeding before – don’t want to self-incriminate here. But if I had to choose, I’d prefer to be in a fast car rather than a slow car – if I’m on my own. Slow cars drive me bonkers. Anyways, that’s not the point. I was driving along – good site lines up ahead and I notice a spray of snow shoot up from where there was an on ramp. As I approach, in the far left lane I realize the spray was from a semi-truck that had taken the on ramp curve too quickly. It was one of those trucks that carry about a half dozen cars. Except it was empty. And now it was facing perpendicular to the road – both the on-ramp and highway – partly on each and the expanse of grass in between. Luckily, as we all come up to it, being the first wave of vehicles to approach, there was another semi in the far right lane, who slowed down and stopped, blocking the lane and letting approaching cars now there was an incident here with his flashers. It was all very peaceful – the beauty of the green frame of the truck against the white snow and the backdrop of evergreens. Very quaint and no one harmed. Although I’m not sure how easy it was to get the truck repositioned again. And I saw it all happen, except the magnitude of what happened didn’t register until I was closer. There’s something about things being in the distance and much tinier seem much less significant.
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