Let me just start out by saying that I, Taryn Johns, am prone to lose whatever is given to me.
I'm sure anyone who knows me well is probably chuckling a little bit at the truth I just stated.
This past weekend is a prime example, for instance.
Chris and I went up to Atlanta with our great friends, Daniel and Kati, for the weekend. Daniel and Chris had gone up earlier Saturday morning for a meeting Daniel had, so Kati and I decided to come up later that afternoon.
All was going very well! Kati and I were catching up on some long-lost girl time; discussing her wedding coming up in July, talking about how crazy our men were, laughing at just random things...you know, the usual girl-talk.
Then we needed to stop at a gas station.
Before I finish my story, let me bring you up to speed on my history of misplacing everything.
I cannot tell you how many times I have lost my debit card for AT LEAST 4 hours. I had a bad tendency of putting my debit card in the back pocket of my jeans, and just completely forget about it, until I needed to pay for something. Then panic because it wasn't in my wallet.
I probably lost a year or two on my lifespan from the stress of having absolutely no idea where my debit card was.
I would like to say, though, that I have not lost one single debit/credit card in over two years! I have had to get new debit cards, but that's only because I changed my name and someone stole my card number. That doesn't count! :)
I have also lost countless pieces of jewelry, sunglasses, articles of clothing, coupon/discount cards, even some paychecks.
There is no end to what I lose!
Except my cell phone.
Don't misunderstand this, though. It does not come from a lack of trying!
I will leave my phone at almost every restaurant I go to. Sometimes I will remember I left it on the table or in the bathroom. Sometimes I won't. But it never fails; somehow it ends up back in my hands before I walk out of the door.
Until Saturday.
Which brings me back to the gas station.
Kati and I went in to use the restroom and buy a snack for the rest of our trip, since dinner would be a little while and we didn't want to stop too close to Atlanta (if you've ever driven up to Atlanta near 5:00pm, you understand what I mean).
After we both accomplished our tasks and bought our snacks, we loaded back up in our car and continued on to our destination.
About 15-20 miles later, I decided to look for my phone.
It's nowhere to be found.
Yep, you've guessed it. My luck finally ran out, and I left my iPhone 4s in the restroom.
I even remember telling myself that I need to make sure I grab it before I leave, because I knew I had dropped it on the floor.
But I didn't. I didn't remember. Not until it was too late to turn around and go back to get it.
Thank goodness the gas station worker was very nice and had my phone in his hand. He said he would hold on to it for us until we came back by the next day.
The following 20 hours were great, but a little weird. We went to Steak 'N' Shake for dinner, then to Dave and Buster's for some arcade fun Saturday night, and we topped the visit to Atlanta off with a trip to Atlantic Station on Sunday that included Which 'Wich food and H&M shopping.
All super-fun; all super-incomplete.
Everyone had their smartphone or iPad to look at and play on when we had some down time.
Except me.
I just sat there.
I honestly enjoyed not having a phone to check, but it's really awkward when everyone else around you does.
But wait! I'm not done telling you about my wonderful gift of losing things!
While we were at Dave and Buster's (if you don't know what a D&Bs is, it's a sports restaurant/bar that also has a HUGE arcade inside. AKA, the best way to get in touch with your inner child), we had an absolute blast playing games and hanging out. I did hit jackpot on a couple of games, so Chris and I racked up a little over 4000 tickets.
At D&Bs, they load your tickets onto a card, and then you are able to go into their little shop to redeem them. I must say, their prizes are actually legit. It's not the cheap toys that break the next day (although they have some that could be questionable), but things that grown people would find awesome.
Chris and I shopped around a little bit and decided to get a Duck Dynasty game, a deck of cards, and a Nerds rope. The line was long, but I decided it was worth it, so we waited.
And waited.
And waited.
I feel like we waited for 20 minutes before we even became close to cashing in on our 'hard work'.
But, finally, we were only a couple transactions away from finally being able to chow down on the delicious Nerds rope that was in my hand.
I decided to go ahead and grab the card so I wouldn't hold up the line once we made it to the end.
Just like my phone, my card was nowhere to be found, either.
I lost it.
I can't even begin to tell you where I lost it at, but I definitely did.
Chris and I looked all around the shop, even outside it, just in case I dropped it somewhere between the craziness of playing and shopping.
No luck. It was gone for good.
Chris and I left empty handed that night, and I was so, so, so angry at myself.
How in the world does someone lose their phone and a ticket-claim card all within 6-7 hours from each other?!
I still have no idea where that card could be, but it is definitely not in the possession of neither Chris or I.
My hope is that a kid picked it up and spent it very wisely on candy and a marshmallow gun, but it was probably a grown man who just threw it away in the trash.
I still can't believe I was able to completely misplace and forget about my cell phone and our tickets, all in the matter of hours.
I had been doing so well in keeping up with things recently, I guess it was time to remind me that it is still an issue that I can't stop working on.
But, even with all of that, we still had a great weekend. I'm a little heartbroken that I still have not had a Nerds rope...oh well, I'm sure I can pick one up at WalMart or something.
So, lesson learned after all of this? Double-check myself and make sure I have everything I need about every 15 minutes or so. I do feel that is the only way I will be able to keep my sanity.
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My goodness, my stomach has become a bottomless pit. I have literally eaten everything I could get my hands on, and I'm still hungry. Geez, this will not work well with my 'eating-less' goal I had set for myself.
Oh well...off to the gas station I go!
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