Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Missing in Action

 We have two children that seem to identify as slobs.  I love them but man, they are constantly leaving their stuff all over the place and losing everything.  Both of these kids are also very smart and get caught up in books for hours while tuning out the real world and I think those types tend to be more careless with physical objects.  

Anyway, I wasn't going to name names but one of them just got home from an extended  European vacation his fall semester in Austria and was able to misplace the following items along his travels:

This burnt orange sweatshirt:


Not so bad, it's easily replaceable with similar variations.

But then while heroically running through the Florence airport in seven minutes (they were about to miss a flight) while holding up his pants because he didn't have time to put the belt on after going through security (!) they got on the plane and he realized he didn't have his apple watch anymore.  Seen on his wrist here, in a different airport:


An apple watch is too expensive to just replace.

And then, when he was so close to home at the airport in Washington DC, he lost (or maybe had stolen though I doubt it) his wallet.  Luckily he had his passport, credit card and debit card in his pocket but he lost cash, gift cards, his license and his social security card.

He spent his first day home getting replacements for his license and SS card, but unfortunately you can't replace cash of gift cards.

I always told him if his head wasn't connected to his body by his neck, he would have lost that too.

Good thing he's cute.

8 comments:

  1. What a bummer to lose all those things! At least it's easier to solve from home.

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    1. Yes if only he had a kind understanding mother to help him ;)

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  2. It just might be a bookworm kind of thing. I love to read and tune out the real world but I loose things right and left. Plus, I truly am a very messy person.

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  3. Oh no! That's too bad. Glad he didn't lose his passport or lose his wallet while abroad. I have to point out though: ONLY 2 SLOBS? I feel like 2 out of 7 ain't so bad. Our ratio is leans towards more slobs than non-slobs.

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    1. You are right, my percentages are pretty good!

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  4. Wow. He lost a lot of important stuff! I feel bad for him. Hey, you have TWO out of seven that lose stuff or leave stuff laying around...I have TWO OUT OF TWO that do the same!

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    1. Well I mean they're all kids who can be lazy and forgetful but two of them are just notoriously bad!!

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