My mom's been on a list for a while and Wednesday the pharmacy sent her an email (not a text or call, as she had been expecting) just before noon that they had vaccine available and to make an appointment for that afternoon. Of course, she didn't read the email until that evening because she's retired and not monitoring her email constantly. When she called Thursday morning to see if they were still doing vaccinations, not only were they not, but also they told her that they'd removed her name from the waitlist because they'd been taking appointments for her group the previous day and she hadn't responded. So she had to sign up AGAIN for a predicted vaccination at the end of February.
We're still taking all reasonable precautions and hopefully Mom will be fine until she gets vaccinated. But if she's not, let's just say I've seen a LOT of revenge-themed horror movies.
Can you guess where I found it with that clue?
In your shoe?
When she called Thursday morning to see if they were still doing vaccinations, not only were they not, but also they told her that they'd removed her name from the waitlist because they'd been taking appointments for her group the previous day and she hadn't responded. So she had to sign up AGAIN for a predicted vaccination at the end of February.
Uh, no. I would be out for that pharmacy manager's blood if they didn't reschedule her immediately.
In your shoe?
Nope, but that's a good guess. However, the shoes come off by my nerdhole after dinner, but before I get ready for bed.
The good part of the guess though is that the wallet did fall out but it didn't hit the ground.
In a leg of the pants.
Also an intriguing possibility, but I put the pants on which is when I discovered it was missing.
I won't belabor it.
I remembered struggling getting the pants off over my feet. So I'd already pulled them down (making the wallet vulnerable) and did the one-footed hop etc. while I tried to pin down one cuff with my other foot to extricate.
So there's your Inciting Incident. Shallow back pocket. Struggle to remove.
Had to happen near the bed where I had been sitting when I was taking the pants off.
And I thought, "I wonder if I maybe kicked it under the bed while I was trying to get my foot out..."
It wasn't under the bed though. It had fallen and gotten stuck between the bedframe and the box spring. So it wasn't on the floor where I'd been looking.
tl;dr I didn't have to redo all my online pay systems!
Also, I celebrated with Matilda by getting takeout Thai.
I didn't have to redo all my online pay systems!
Yay!
I keep a document on my computer titled "Someone Stole My Wallet!!!" with details of driver's license and credit cards and debit cards and insurance cards and all the other stuff I'm afraid I might forget.
I realize it's not much more secure than putting a post-it note on my monitor, but at least it has in one place all the details and contact info I will need if I have to replace everything.
I keep a document on my computer titled "Someone Stole My Wallet!!!" with details of driver's license and credit cards and debit cards and insurance cards and all the other stuff I'm afraid I might forget.
Honestly, that's not a bad idea.
Side note: JZ's brother was only able to find a hidden safe in their dad's house after his death because he found a cryptic note in a kitchen drawer that looked like a combination. It was. Thousands of dollars and essential car papers were found.
Also, JZ's brother was somehow able to find the password for their Dad's laptop which turned out to be enormously helpful in settling the estate.
It would be much easier to have that info with your attorney or something.
So I guess I'm asking, Does everybody have a "if I died tomorrow my estate (such as it is) would not be a horror show for my surviving family members (including passwords)" file or folder designated as such?
Because ultimately everybody is going to have a tomorrow they don't see.
[sigh...] We're just mayflies in the scheme of things.
My aunt and uncle are both in the hospital now. My uncle has been there for several weeks, with cancer. And my aunt just went after my cousin finally convinced her to do a video appointment with her cardiologist (which my cousin set up, because my aunt "doesn't like computer stuff" and doesn't have a smartphone) and her cardiologist said she had to go to the hospital. She's got heart failure, and they're keeping her there for a few days at least.
