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December 26, 2006
The Missing Coat
I recently purchased two light coats. I more recently lost one.
I remember knowing the coat was gone and not being terribly worried about it as I knew it was in the minivan. And I wasn't terribly worried about the fact I didn't see it whenever I climbed into the van since I'd sort of cleaned it and thrown things around a bit.
Even after I informally searched the van a couple of times and couldn't find the coat I didn't get worried. But I did start checking other places I could have left it. Which is really a simple process; I don't go all that many places.
I checked all the closets at home and the downstairs coat closet more than once.
I checked the lost & found at Mel's Diner.
I checked the storage area next to my office.
I called the woman I'm doing computer work for and asked if it might be there.
I checked the closet of woman I used to be married to. I couldn't imagine it would be there, but I was running out of places.
I drove my McDonald's yesterday morning with the intention of looking in their McLost & McFound. I knew it wouldn't be there but, again, I was running out of places. McDonald's was closed for the holiday.
After yesterday's Christmas-gift-opening festival I drove by the local car wash and gave the minivan a good going over. No coat.
Later in the day Samson and I ran and errand. I had to go to work to pick up something. While there I checked the cafeteria and the adjoining coat area. No luck.
I checked the front closet at work, for the third time.
I checked the area the servers are kept in. The coat shouldn't be there, and it wasn't.
I grabbed the glasses I went in for off my desk and while leaving the office decided to move the gym trunks that were hanging off the exterior door knob to the interior side of the door ... you know, that way I could start the new year not having to look at gym trunks as I approached my office.
I had a bit of trouble getting the trunks on the interior door knob ... until I took the coat off it.
Posted by delmer at December 26, 2006 12:01 AM
Comments
Seredipity baby!
Posted by: The Phoenix at December 26, 2006 11:03 PM