not quite as planned

just when i was all set to spend a fun self-indulgent weekend home, i get invited to a party tomorrow night... at the time i was shopping for my own weekend party at the supermarket... that was about four hours ago... i'll catch up with then after this... as i am carrying the first half of the packages from the car to the fridge, the phone rings... it's jackson... she almost never calls, always texts... i put down the bags and called her back and she's missing her laptop... she thinks she might have left if on the roof of her car or next to her car when she loaded her card for her weekend away and was having too much fun for either of them (she said sanford was with her they had the music on when i asked if they heard anything fall off the roof) to have noticed... this is not good, it's how she works... she was freaking out...

i found the big flashlight and searched under all the cars in the parking lot (ouch, i needed to get my softball gear off and rest the arm, but this was important)... no laptop... i searched the apartment... no laptop... i walked the parking lot and drive to the front gate and no laptop... she drove back and did the same searches... she really freaked, anxiety attack, hyperventilate, puke, rage, and we worked on calming... then we drove the route she drove to the highway in case the laptop was left on the roof of the car and fell off somewhere along the way... nothing... then we left notes on most of the cars in the parking lot and on the apartment doors around where she parked with our telephone numbers and a plea for the laptop in case someone picked it up... then she drove back to sanford's shaky and is heading to out of town to her family in the morning... she promised to keep in touch... hopefully one of the neighbors found the laptop sitting on the ground and will give it to the office or to me tomorrow...

huge learning lesson, i hope she makes the most of it... and now, i take off the ankle brace, the softball wrappings and clothes, re-hydrate big time, and start my dinner and party... this could be a tough week ahead if some good samaritan neighbor doesn't come through tomorrow... and rent is due again... so party now, fool...

narf :}