You just might get it!! Where to begin.....
Well, I got a call on my cell at 5:30am...the sitter has the stomach flu and btw, your home phone doesn't work. After picking up said phone, CORRECT! It does not work. So since my alarm has gone off at this point, I call the phone company to have someone come out. Time to get ready for work...Paul takes the kids to friends house so she can take Houghton to school and will watch Mary (which she is excited about) and I rush off to work after making lunches for all (and coffee for the parents!). A typical busy Monday at work, and by 2:40 I am ready to leave...I am able to jump out a few minutes early so I call and say I'll pick up the kids from school and drop off. I am then headed to work at another store until 11pm. (As you might deduce at the time this is posted, I don't make it.) I head out to get my purse from locked up locker and notice it looks weird. I couldn't put my finger on it right away but the pockets were unzipped. I carry a faily good sized tote bag that doubles as a briefcase/diaper bag/purse. I don't use the pockets. I then realized my wallet was missing. UGGGGHHH....So I go right into the office (right there but locked) and notify the manager....I am starting to panic realizing how much stuff I am going to have to replace. The manager then gets on the phone with our LP supervisor (Loss Prevention-an oxymoron at this point I know) to see if there was any video. Of course not but she does ask if I have my keys...NEVER would I have thought of that!!! So I check and nope...not there...I then proceed to run out to the parking lot where I notice my car (I should say minivan) is still there and in tact....My guess on that one is they noticed it was a Honda then realized it was a minivan and scrapped that idea!! :) So that was good but now I cannot even get the kids....no keys!!! So arrangements are made, police called to drive by the house to make sure no one broke in.(they didn't) So got the spare key and retrieved the car. Made lots of phone calls to cancel everything! Grandma came over to entertain the kids and feed us!!! Yeah for Mom and Stepdaddy!!! Paul meanwhile had to do the draft for his fantasy football....annoyed yes but he came home to do it on the computer instead of at work....awwww....plus I am into football so he did good..(we got Peyton Manning) ok so I digress.......While eating or getting ready to eat...I noticed the dining room fan was off....that's a no-no in this heat!! I yelled at Houghton to turn it on and......NOTHING HAPPENED! Now I am up and look in the kitchen...everything is off....soooo I go out to the breaker....nothing, flip the switch any way...no go...do nothing, eat dinner then realize....The fridge and the A/C are out too. So I call the electric company tell them what's up....(and notice...it's only half the house go figure!) They sound concerned and are sending out an after hours tech. When wondering when they were going to get around to fixing it....the rest of the power goes out and we are in total darkness....fortunately Grandma was holding Mary! So we go outside and the neighbors all have power....then Paul notices the guy outback at the transformer in the cherry picker....so a few minutes later....we have power...and A/C again.
Grandma leaves, the kids fight about bedtime.....ahhh and back to normal???
Side note...while on the phone with the credit card company someone calls in....I answer, it was a guy who said his girlfriend found my wallet and they looked up my info in the phone book (finally a good reason to be listed right?) I asked where they found it and it was about a mile from work...I asked if they lived in the area if they could return it to the Walgreen's that I work at. They said they would....I was not about to go and meet them or leave the house. I thought if they actually took it they already know where I work. I have not heard whether or not they turned it in but a little bit of me wants them to be honest and do it....I really want that wallet back!! It was expensive and a gift at that!!
Oh well....no one got hurt but my wallet that got stolen sure feels it....I have to have my house and my car rekeyed.....OUCH!!!
And really while getting ready for work this morning (know it was going to be a 14 hour day, I daydreamed of how to get out of it; knowing full well I wouldn't be able to in good conscience.)
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