For the better half of the day I’ve been BAFFLED as to where I left my digital camera. I had so many things happening today; my brother was flying in to the local airport and I had to pick him up, and just prior to that, I had someone come to look at a piano I had for sale, plus it’s Father’s day so lots of things happening. I wanted to bring my digital camera to my Dad’s to take some pics, and the last I could remember seeing it was around 11am, when I popped in the memory card.
Somehow I misplaced it, and soon after I was literally turning my house and car inside out looking for it. No luck. So after I got back home I tried to retrace my steps and again looked all over the house and went through my car again with a fine tooth comb. Nothing! I knew one thing; I had not taken it far from the house, and only possibly had placed it in my car knowing I would be taking it to my Dad’s.
This was turning into a total and complete mystery. Then I started thinking…could the people that were here looking at the piano have taken it? I discounted that possibility as they stayed in my shop the whole time and ended up buying the piano!
So I was about to give up and just accept that it was lost, or maybe it would turn up in the near future. THEN a funny thought came into my head…almost as a last ditch guess that I didn’t expect to pay off. Tomorrow is trash day, and I had put all three trash cans out in front for the garbage truck to pick up first thing in the morning. So, I thought, why not, I’ve already checked everywhere else like FIVE times now…so it couldn’t hurt to just take a look.
I opened the first of three, and there were two paper grocery bags with trash. So I lifted a few items out and peered down inside…THERE IT WAS!!! I thought, WTF and Thank goodness at the same time! I could NOT believe I had inadvertently put the camera in with the trash! Then it hit me and I remembered. I had placed my camera in my car to take with me, and set it on the passenger seat.
There were a couple of empty pepsi bottles and some trash in a plastic bag also on the passenger seat, and since I was picking up my brother, I wanted to throw that stuff away to clear the seat for him. In my haste (I was running late from the piano customer) I grabbed not only the trash but the camera as well, (obviously not intending to throw that away) and being totally preoccupied with other things, dropped it ALL into the trash can! I feel very lucky indeed that I thought to look in the trash, or it would have been lost forever come morning time! Yay! 
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