Wallet Slalom

Today we got up very early (for me) and got all set to go bike riding with a group of folks from our church. We aired our tires, got the bikes loaded up, put water in our bottles, and we were off!

When we were just outside the gate, Jack's phone rang... from the back of the car. Thinking that it might be from Susan, the biking organizer, we stopped so that Jack could answer it. He went back there and got the phone and was calling Susan when he realized that his wallet was gone.

Had it fallen out back in the parking lot where we'd stopped? We turned around and went back. No wallet. There was a fellow walking through there and Jack thought that maybe he'd picked it up. Jack said lots of things that I rarely hear him say.

His whole life was in that wallet, he said. What would he do if it were really gone? He had no idea. Well, while we were there, I looked around inside the car and .. there it was -- under the little flip-up console table between the front seats. :)

The bike ride was fun, though challenging for me, since it'd been months since our last ride. We went from Susan's house up her street and to Melpomene and on to Old Spanish Trail to Saguaro East. After a short rest, we rode back, for a total of just over 8 miles. We went back to talk with Susan and Kathy at Susan's, before heading out again.

So then we went to go get some supplies at Basha's. We had just gotten over to the deli and were perusing the chicken salads, when Jack was paged! He went over to Customer Service and ... they had his wallet! It had evidently fallen from his pocket when he visited the men's room! Sheesh!

Sooo... when we got home, just after a yummy lunch of chicken salad, we each took out our wallet contents, laid them out on the scanner, and printed out an image of what was in there. Then we turned everything over and did the back, too!

What would you do if you lost your wallet? Would you know everything that was in there? Go now and do what we did. And *don't* put the copy in your wallet!