It's happened again. I've managed to misplace some important paperwork, and now I can't find it.
This time around, I misplaced the notes I took at the last Atlanta Boxer Rescue Board meeting. I took notes back on the 7th. I placed them in my briefcase, and managed to see them all last week. I had every intention of writing up the meeting minutes this weekend, but that never came to be (too much other stuff going on). This morning, when it looked like I might have a free moment during the day to write the minutes, I dig into my briefcase only to find that the notes aren't there. So when I got home this evening, I looked in my ABR files. Nope - not there either. The notes from the ABR Fundraising meeting are there, but not the Board notes. I looked through every possible pile and place in the house I could remember possibly being in the past few days, and nothing.
Relatively speaking, this isn't the worst thing I've lost this year. That would be my brand-new passport. I got it in February and, like the minutes, put it in my briefcase. Then, I switched briefcases. A month or so later - no passport. I seem to recall in the back of my mind thinking something like, "I should put this someplace safe besides my briefcase," but I am yet to find what that "safer" place might have been. I actually fear that I placed the passport on a stack of newspapers, and then threw out the whole stack with the trash. So now I have to go and report that original passport missing and apply for a new one.
I can't believe I would have made the same mistake with the meeting notes.
All of this frustrates me to no end. I like to think I'm a pretty organized person (though my house is a disaster zone, I usually have a pretty good feel of what is in each pile). At work, I am ultra organized, almost to the point of being OCD/anal about everything. And I honestly can't remember losing things like this in past, especially so frequently. Of course, if I can't remember where I put the papers from a week ago, I probably can't remember much.
I sure hope this isn't a sign of things to come...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
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5 comments:
As a young boy and then a young man , I used to to hear from older men,that had thy had forgotten more than I know. Now that I'm older , I understand what they were realy saying. They were talking about loosing their memmory.
Hey, are we twins!
You just described my life :-D
I do this a lot with presents I bought early that were "just perfect" for a person - and then I can't find them again.
Hope you find the stuff. And, don't beat yourself up too much.
LOL!! I had the same experience with a watch not too long ago. I put it "in a safe place" then couldn't find it for over a month! (It was at the bottom of my purse.)
It was SO frustrating to know I had purposely placed it somewhere, only to not be able to remember the place itself!
Welcome to getting older, folks. :) Hope you find it.
I was going to write something really funny and clever here, but I forgot what it was. Damn. Guess I'll go look for my car keys.
It happens to the best of us! It's one of those little reminders that we're all just human.
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