Brilliant All Around

I lost my wallet a while ago.  For some reason I just knew it was in my house.  I was convinced Croix had just pulled it out of my diaper bag and thrown it somewhere.  I also knew I hadn't lost it where someone could find it because it hadn't been returned, and my cards did not have any charges on them.  I resisted calling and getting new cards for a month.  Finally I broke down.  I ordered a new drivers license, called the bank, canceled and ordered new debit and credit cards.  I said to the lady at the bank, yeah I bet I'll find my wallet tomorrow.

The next day I was cleaning my closet and went to put my temple bag (maybe someone is trying to tell me something) up and what was in the pocket but by wallet!  I literally yelled; I KNEW IT!!  I knew the very next day I would find it!

A few days later I went to go grocery shopping.  As I drove past the mail box I thought I wonder if my cards are hear yet?  I get to the store.  After getting a week’s worth of groceries I take my loaded cart to the check out.  After she's finished ringing me up I swipe my card.  She asked me to swipe it again, it didn't go through.  My heart sunk.  "Oh crap" I say!  "Oh it didn't say it was denied, just that it didn't go through, why don’t you run in again" she kindly said.  But I knew, I knew I'd canceled my card a few days earlier and swiping it again would do no good.  I felt the heat in my face as it flushed with embarrassment.  I thought of all my dairy and refrigerated foods and realized I didn't have time to explain everything so I simply said "my card is not going to work, can I leave my groceries here while I go get another one?"  She asked if I was coming back and I vehemently assured her that I was!  Extremely embarrassed I ran out to my car drove back home, grateful that we live less then3 miles away.  I called Brent so he could meet me outside with his card.  As I once again passed the mailbox I wondered how in the world I could have driven by them, thought...I wonder if my cards are here yet? and not put together the fact that if I am waiting for new cards, the old canceled ones in my wallet WONT WORK!!!  Thankfully when I got back to the store all they had to do was scan a barcode on a receipt taped to my cart, rather then rescanning the entire cart of groceries.

A few days later my new debit card came in the mail.  Only there was just a full size card.  I had also ordered a mini key chain one as well.  I use my mini ALL THE TIME!  Way more often than my full size one.  I love being able to just grab my keys and go.  I wondered why it wasn't with the full size one since in the past they have always come together.  I called the bank to find out why.  What I found out is they no longer offer the mini cards.  I was devastated!

All this because my wallet was sitting in my temple bag for a month.  Moral, go to the temple more.  Clean my closet more often.  Remember to empty out my temple bag when I get home.  Honest, no exaggeration every time I go to the temple I find some “lost” item that I've been looking for for at least a month, usually months.  The whole thing is really just frustrating.  On the bright side, I was right, my wallet was just in my house and I still have my favorite wallet.

Now I have to go clean my house for visiting teacher and a presidency meeting tomorrow.