PaY iT ForWaRD

Typical me, trying to multi-task at the grocery store...talking on the phone, trying to shop, and doing self checkout at the same time...yeah doesn't work.

So, I get off the phone, complete the checkout and go to work.  It's the afternoon and I'm like "Where the heck is my phone?!?"...all of a sudden ***FLASHBACK*** I see myself at the the self check-out and I totally set my phone down and left it!! CRAP...

So, like 5:30, go to Pick 'n Save after work, ask their services center if anyone turned in a phone...Nope.

Grrr.  I was like, "well, maybe someone picked it up but just forgot to turn it in and will later..." at this point I was frustrated but still had a little hope...

So, I go to dinner with my neighbor Pete, and he's like "mosh, did you not understand my joke when I texted you?"....my response "what are you talking about - I left my phone at Pick n Save around 8am"...his response "well, you texted me at 10:30 and 11:00"...

now, I'm flaming....the nerve...the audacity...not only did this hoodlum steal my phone but they are replying to my texts!!! what next?

basically, it ruined my night...I was so pissed, devastated, and just felt lost.  went to bed early, grumbling....even had a dream that my front 4 top teeth and bottom one keep falling out.. (that sucked too)

So, this morning...I declared that I would not be down about this any longer!!  Worse things can happen...it's just a cell phone...i can regain most numbers...I'll just be out some money and time - fine.  Just call me Patty Positive.  I even left the culprit a voice mail on my phone...if they were texting, they were probably listening to my messages too...so I asked them kindly to return my phone to Pick n Save and I would be extremely grateful.

So, I go to work and have an e-mail from Cal...it says..."hey, i know you lost your phone...i called you at 4:30 and this lady called me back - her son had found your phone at pick 'n save and he gave me her number"....

honestly - i wanted to scream and dance!  how cool?!?  Yes!!!  Woo-hoo...joy, joy, joy, down in my heart.

Lesson learned:  if you find something, please turn it in...someone out there is fretting.  I can't wait to return the favor to society (ok, that sounded a little cheesy but I'm so serious).  So, just like that little guy who saw dead people (i'm totally blanking on his name) did - PAY IT FORWARD.