Itemized list

Missing Items

I've been in a low place all day. Part of it is the annoyance I feel with myself over losing so many important things. So to put it in perspective, I'm going to brainstorm and make a list of everything I had in my wallet that I will likely never see again.

• Driver's license. Does this mean I get a new picture?! (Looking for the silver linings here)
  
• AMEX (which I just replaced a week ago after it had been MIA for a month)
• MasterCard
• Credit Union ATM card
• Bank ATM card
• Costco card
• Smiths Grocery Store Valued Customer card
• Albertsons Grocery Store Valued Customer card
• Insurance card
• Prescription Meds card
• Temple Recommend
• Library Cards for myself and both kids
• Separate card with all our library account numbers written on it in case I ever don't have the actual cards
  
• Photos of my kids
• Our New family Photo
• All the darling blank business card-sized note cards my SIL made and gave me. She designed them and they were so cute and perfect for little notes.
  
• Receipts for a bunch of items I was going to return to Michael's Craft Store
• Coupons for a few favorite items that I planned to use this weekend.
• A $5.Target Gift Card that JetBlue gave me as a thank you for eight years of service as a flight attendant. Yeah, I was bowled over by the immensity of it too.
  
• Punch card (completely full) for $10 off my next purchase at Thrift Town, where I buy most of our clothes. Took me forEVer to fill that punch card up. So bummed.
  
• Punch cards (yes, two) for free Golden Spoon yogurts...my favorite yogurt place in CA
• My Free Meal card (one stamp away) at Cafe Rio
• Various business cards for people I interact with (doctors, etc)
• An excellent variety of cloth bandages for cuts, scrapes etc.
• A parking token for free parking in a downtown garage
• A button that fell off a coat that I meant to sew on.
  
• A few of the rare $2.00 bills, which I liked giving as special tips, and would have used tonight when I played Tooth Fairy. (Gator lost another tooth!)
  
• A quote about faith that was typed up with a tiny, actual mustard seed taped to it.
  
• One half of a twenty-dollar bill. My friend Mare has the other half. We tore it apart a long time ago to remind us that life is not about money. I've carried it everywhere for almost a decade, even though I've never been so well-off that twenty dollars wasn't a biggish deal to me. It was symbolic, and I'm going to miss that half-bill.
  
• About forty bucks in cash.
  
• The wallet itself. I bought it on my 40th birthday while Doc and I were out on a date. I really liked it, and now I don't have one.

That's all I can think of off the top of my head. I'm so glad I just returned the camera memory card I'd borrowed from Claudia which was in there for the past 2 months. And I am SO glad I was wearing my ID Badge for work, and had my cell phone in my pocket. Those two items would be such a huge hassle for me.

Nothing too vital was lost. No one died. No one needs surgery. I haven't caught H1N1. No one left me. I have to keep these significant things in mind when I'm feeling down.

Grateful for:
1) Friends
2) Facebook
3) Tender Mercies of the Lord