Sorry for my silence the past few days - what a week!
On Monday I ran into the grocery store to pick up a few things. Grabbed a cart and headed down the aisle. But it was driving crooked, so I took it back and switched it for another cart. Shopped for half an hour, forty-five minutes, and didn't realize until I had checked out that I had left my keys in the first cart. Aughh! I spent two solid hours searching every cart I could in that huge store, going over and over to Lost and Found, and frequently going out to make sure I still had a car - because it was a clicker key. Anyone who found it could walk up and down the lanes clicking until the right car opened. And then bye-bye. ...... All to no avail. Finally my husband came and took me and the groceries home. The next day I spent nearly $300 to get a whole new door key and ignition key made. The old one is still out there somewhere.
While I lay awake that night wondering if my car was still there, I got a text from my son who's on his way to Lebanon to spend Christmas with family over there. He had had a long layover in Athens and had done some sight-seeing. And accidentally dropped his passport in a taxi. The taxi driver was kind enough to turn it in at the US embassy, but the embassy wouldn't give it back without approval from the State Department in Washington, and who knows how long THAT would take?? Because my husband is from the middle east, and some of us go visit frequently, there's always the worry that we're going to look suspicious to someone. I spent most of yesterday on the phone with Washington - to our US rep's office, and the State Department. At seven something this morning, He texted that he got it back. Whew!
Today our granddaughter is arriving to spend three days with us. I can't wait to have nothing more pressing to think about! 💖
On Monday I ran into the grocery store to pick up a few things. Grabbed a cart and headed down the aisle. But it was driving crooked, so I took it back and switched it for another cart. Shopped for half an hour, forty-five minutes, and didn't realize until I had checked out that I had left my keys in the first cart. Aughh! I spent two solid hours searching every cart I could in that huge store, going over and over to Lost and Found, and frequently going out to make sure I still had a car - because it was a clicker key. Anyone who found it could walk up and down the lanes clicking until the right car opened. And then bye-bye. ...... All to no avail. Finally my husband came and took me and the groceries home. The next day I spent nearly $300 to get a whole new door key and ignition key made. The old one is still out there somewhere.
While I lay awake that night wondering if my car was still there, I got a text from my son who's on his way to Lebanon to spend Christmas with family over there. He had had a long layover in Athens and had done some sight-seeing. And accidentally dropped his passport in a taxi. The taxi driver was kind enough to turn it in at the US embassy, but the embassy wouldn't give it back without approval from the State Department in Washington, and who knows how long THAT would take?? Because my husband is from the middle east, and some of us go visit frequently, there's always the worry that we're going to look suspicious to someone. I spent most of yesterday on the phone with Washington - to our US rep's office, and the State Department. At seven something this morning, He texted that he got it back. Whew!
Today our granddaughter is arriving to spend three days with us. I can't wait to have nothing more pressing to think about! 💖
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