Last December , I received an updated credit card. New expiration date. But since the old one was still good, I set it aside where I couldn't lose it. I lost it.
I knew it was in the house. So it wasn't a matter of someone else finding it. When the old one expired, I went nuts trying to find the new one. You know, searching every coat pocket, looking under every stack of stuff, under the furniture, etc. So I used the number where I didn't need to show the card. Online, for recurring automatic payments, etc.
I found it today! I was making holiday cards and lifted my pack of cardstock in the file cabinet drawer. There it was... I just stared for a moment, but that was exactly the kind of place I would have expected to EVENTUALLY find it.
Isn't it nice to have a year-long mystery solved?
A Day Late
But I wanted to remember a sad day. I remember some parts. I was only 13. I saw a lot on TV afterwards. But my most specific image is the...
3 comments:
Yes, it is. But why oh why did you put it there in the first place?
Megan
Sydney, Australia
Well, I would LIKE to claim it seemed a safe place, but it was most likely swept off the top of the filing cabinet nearly this day last year when I was making the 2018 cards to send. And, not seeing that, I laced the pack of cardstock right on it.
Glad you found it :)
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