First: When Nils was in India at the end of February/beginning of March, when everyone started hoarding water bottles and toilet paper, I made the mistake of going to Walmart. I had ordered groceries online that Saturday morning, and then realized when I went to pick them up, that the world was ending. I waited for over an hour in a line of cars to get my grocery order, and then for another 30 minutes in a parking spot for them to even bring out the groceries. I didn't realize what was going on inside the store- complete mayhem.
Aani was with me, and wanted to inside the store to get a couple of things. Oh man, scary stuff. It was insanity- empty shelves and hoards of people buying all the things. As we were exiting the store and putting our things in the back of the van, I somehow managed to forget about my purse. Luckily, I had taken my keys out of it, and had left my phone in the van. We got home, and I immediately realized I didn't have it, so I quickly went back to the store. I checked where I had put my cart back in the parking lot- nothing. Checked all the carts inside the entrance of the store, and nothing. Waited in line at customer service for 20 minutes and asked them if it had been turned in. They were beyond frazzled from the having the weirdest day ever, and looked in lost and found, but didn't see it. I went back again the next day, and they didn't have it. I called the store 3 times to check on it, and they claimed they didn't have it.
With Nils being in India, our debit card was how he was paying for his way around, so if I canceled the card, he would be stranded financially. It was kind of stressful. We were vigilant about checking all of our accounts for fraudulent activity, and there was none, ever. It didn't make sense that someone had stolen my purse and then not done anything with the valuables. So we waited and kept a close eye on everything for the next several weeks.
I bought a new purse, an exact replica of the one I lost, because it's the perfect purse. I was very sad about losing it. You also can't buy them anymore from the company that made it, so I found it used online somewhere. Having an exact replica helped me feel less sad, but I was also sad about not having my debit and credit cards, Costco card, temple recommend, insurance cards, driver license, etc. Bleh. I managed to get a new debit card and driver license, but that was all that I had in my tiny new wallet. (I was also very sad about losing the wallet itself.)
Life went on, the pandemic happened, and I was resigned to never learning what happened to my perfect purse and wallet. A couple weeks ago, Nils got a FB message from the asset protection person at Walmart, saying they had something of mine. Why they found Nils and FB and not me, I know not. I went in, and low and behold, they had it the whole time. My wallet had everything in it, including the $33 in cash. The wallet and purse had been separated, so the man only gave me my wallet at first- I mentioned that I had lost my purse as well, and fortunately had my exact replica with me, so he found my purse in his bin and gave it to me. He told me that the people at customer service don't do a great job of looking through the things in lost and found, and that he goes through about once a month to see if there's anything with ID and if he can track down the owners. He hadn't been through the lost and found in a couple of months. Someone had found my purse right away and turned it in, but the customer service people didn't see it. Silver linings: I now have two perfect purses, two wallets, and two driver licenses. I also have all of my cards back, wahoo! Also, someone was honest and didn't steal my purse or anything in it, which is miraculous. #utahcounty
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Second: We ordered a new family car in December- a Kia Telluride. It's an SUV, and we have been really excited about it. You can't buy these cars on the lot for some reason, and the factory can't crank them out fast enough. The dealership told us to expect it in May. I've never been this excited about getting a new car. Nils has been excited, the kids have been excited...I think this is what got us through a long winter, and a pandemic. We ordered a snow white one with black rims, a light grey interior, and all the features. 😠So beautiful.
Welp. The factory had to shut down, inevitably delaying our order even more, and then the 'Rona got us thinking about life, and money, and then we decided to refinance our mortgage to pay it off faster, and then we started feeling like we should continue to be responsible, and...we're not getting the car.
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3/4 of the kids are quite disappointed. Addie has major attachment issues and was really unhappy about getting rid of our Sienna, so she is not disappointed.
Oh, life. You are not boring.
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