Lost and Found and Busy busy busy...

Today I realized something... I have too much happening. I had a total and complete freak out session at work because I lost some of my travel receipts from last week's trip back east. Now, at any other time of my life this would not be a big deal. But, for some reason the past month feels like it has been happening too fast and furious for me to keep up... and with me that's when I start to get absent-minded and I totally and completely lose things. You can ask my hubby... I usually know where something is and if I have forgotten it only takes a little bit for me to remember.

Lately, though, that little bit of forgetting has been adding up. At the end of October I was making little guy's Halloween costume and I KNEW we had craft glue (and a HUGE tube of it too). Searching everywhere I could not find it and with the deadline of Halloween looming, I had to resort to buying a small bottle of the glue. Of course, the first week in November I found the HUGE bottle of craft glue.

That's not really an important lost and found... the work receipts are much more important. Last week I had to travel back east for a conference. Although it was great fun to meet my SE clients and hang out in Savannah it was a whirlwind trip AND crazy all over the place.

Saturday morning I noticed I could not find my power cord or my nail file - obviously one of these has more monetary value but I did really like that nail file. After a couple calls to the hotel I have given up and resigned myself to the fact that it is in the LOST and UNFOUND category.

LOST and freaking out about it until found would be the receipts. So, I took some people to lunches and dinners and had to keep my Amex receipts. No dice! Cannot find them. Freaked out at work today... you know the feeling... the heart rate increases, blood pressure rises... where are they? I know I left them right here? In this pocket in my purse? Right? Didn't I? Didn't you, MG? Right? You didn't accidentally throw them out with your car rental brochure? Did you?

Well, folks, yep... I think I did! I think I threw them out... at least some of them. And they are in some heap of trash back east somewhere.

Other things feeling lost right now... missing ministry a TON right now. Missing my little guy during the day. Missing friends back east... you know the kind you can just hang out with and not have any plans... there doesn't have to be any organizing to the hanging out -- You just do it? Really lost that right now... and just this special season of advent with liturgy and friends and Christmas teas and Thanksgiving in Philly.

FOUND: My parents are here as of tonight, though, and this is HUGE comfort and FOUND. So, I will end on the things that are FOUND. Jesus has FOUND me rather should say I FOUND grace in Jesus. Little Guy is growing so well and is finding his way around this big world. FOUND a new preschool for Little Guy to start in Jan when we get back to the desert. FOUND an incredibly hubby who is ROCKING his classes! C'mon all As! C'mon grants! FOUND a brother who turned 30 yesterday... eeps maybe I want to lose that one it makes me feel OLD. FOUND, letting your toddler play in the sprinklers is such fun!