I think there is some kind of space-time anomaly in my house.
\nHow else to account for all the weird things that keep disappearing? Keys, lids to travel mugs, books, rolls of tape, silver gel markers, and toys — especially <\/i>toys — keep disappearing.
\nSometimes these things do reappear: usually when I’m not looking for them, sometimes in places I’d never thought to look, sometimes in places that I was sure I’d already looked. The other day I swear a cassette tape just materialized onto a shelf that had been empty thirty minutes previously.
\nSometimes, they never do reappear, or only turn up after I’ve despaired of finding them (for example, the book I lost one Easter and discovered on Christmas Eve, wedged deep in the upholstery, long after I’d replaced it.)
\nThis drives me nuts. I have this weird compulsive side that becomes profoundly uneasy if there’s a piece missing from a set (I especially hate when puzzle pieces get misplaced; I keep puzzles out of reach now and only dole out a new one when the old one is turned in intact.) I probably should be working in an OR and not as the at-home mother of a little boy who got toys with jillions of pieces for Christmas. I probably should not have been the one who gave him those toys, either.
\nSome things get lost because I put them someplace “just for a moment” and then forget all about it. Some things get lost because Hambet has hidden them someplace. But for some things, I just have no explanation. There’s either some kind of esoteric physics involved or Saint Anthony and my Guardian Angel are hiding things, perhaps to teach me a lesson.
\nWell, dear Saint and dear Angel, whether or not you’re behind this latest round of disappearances, I promise I’ve learned my lesson. Please help me — some of these things have not even spent 48 hours in my household.
\nMissing:<\/b>
\none little wooden train sign
\none striker for the triangle from the marching band set (last seen on the shelf above the computer; I have no idea how it vanished from there)
\none maraca
\nI was going to include one toucan and one panda bear on the list, but somehow overnight these two critters reappeared and joined their mates on Noah’s Ark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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