I lost my wallet tonight. Actually, I more than lost it. I went to the post office, as I do nearly every day, to mail a package for Dreamsweet. And then I checked my P.O. Box. And then I went to the counter to sort through all the mail that was in the P.O. Box. And I left my wallet sitting right there. On the counter.
Just left it. Walked right out, hopped in the car, drove the dogs to the park, walked them and played with them, got back in the car, drove to the massage therapist's office and then, only then, did I notice that I had left my wallet at the Post Office.
So I dropped off more Dreamsweet Teas at the massage therapist's office, hopped back in the car and drove to the Post Office. Where I found, on the counter, a receipt for my postage purchase, the mail that I had left there, but no wallet.
I walked around to the back of the post office where there were still lots of postal folk sorting mail and asked if anyone had turned in an orange and pink wallet? I was told they had no way of knowing one way or the other and that if it was the guy in charge of issuing passports would be in receipt of all "surrendered items" in the morning. He would then identify the item and call me.
I told them that my phone number was not in my wallet. The postal worker laughed at me and said, "Honey, we're the government. We have ways of finding you!"
Okay!
While I want to trust the Universe and hope that my wallet will find my way back to me, I don't want to be stupid. So I have cancelled all my credit cards. Which were ALL in my wallet. All.of.them. My social security card was in there, too. And, of course, my driver's license. The last time this happened, because I seem to have a history of leaving my wallet in places I shouldn't, my wallet also included my passport! This time, my passport is downstairs. But everything else important in my life is in there. Every. Thing. Else.
Still, it's not the end of the world. Or a huge disaster. The cards are cancelled. I can replace the driver's license. The money? It's just money.
I'm just hopeful that someone did find it and it will come back to me. Somehow. And if not? Then I guess it's time for a new wallet. Perhaps one that is physically attached to me somehow so I can't go leaving it places!
