I would love to say that losing my phone has opened my eyes to a quieter world, that I am at peace and that I feel better without it. I'm sorry but I am FREAKING OUT!!! Sometime, between 9pm last night and 7am this morning I lost my phone. Maybe in our own house? Maybe in my car? Maybe at our family's house we visited last night? It is of course on vibrate and I did not know you had to actually download the find my phone App in order to find an iPhone. I THOUGHT it automatically came with it. I ASSUMED it came with it.
Today's Life lesson number 1:
Assumption is the mother of all you know what's.
So, I wake up this morning and I begin the search. I have no idea where the phone is. Our schedule was COMPLETELY off because we went to a family party, on a school night, getting home late, I fell asleep in the car, Darling Daughter fell asleep in the car. So, this morning, was not even our normal schedule.
Life lesson number 2:
Chaos creeps into our lives when we open the door for it.
But the party was so much fun, Darling Daughter saw her great grandmother, celebrated her great, great aunt's 85th birthday, her grandmother and grandfather and uncle's 60th birthdays, she saw cousins and gave gifts. She heard stories and made people laugh!
Life lesson number 3:
Every once and a while, it's okay to stay up late on a school/work night, but be prepared for the repercussions and make sure it was worth it!
****I would like to ALSO point out that by good fortune, Darling Daughter had a good day at school. I am not sure WHY she had a good day at school because she went under less then desirable conditions very late to bed, up early, etc. Yet, she did great, so THAT is a BIG BLESSING!!! Thank you!!!
Back to the phone search....... So I have cleaned the house, I have cleaned my car, I have searched pockets in the wash. All of this makes me so mad. I am so mad at me! This isn't the first time I've lost my phone. I've promised Hubby that I would back it up EVERY TIME I bought a new one. Every hour I've spent today searching for this phone I've found one more corner of my house that I need to organize.
Life lesson number 4:
ADHD and dyslexic people thrive in an orderly setting. But they have a hard time keeping it that way.
This whole phone thing has stressed me out, stressed me out, stressed me out. I've cleaned like a maniac today AND turned my house upside down. I'm pleased with myself for what I have cleaned, have made a list of the closets I need to address and clean out and have a pile of clothes to give away. But yet, still no phone. I had panic today that there would be an emergency at school or with Hubby. I called Hubby to make sure he called the school to make sure they would call him first IF there were an emergency (they must think I am NUTS!) because my phone is M.I.A.
But!!! It is JUST a phone. I am not searching for Darling Daughter or Hubby, right? A phone can be replaced. If something can be replaced, we have to let it go. Maybe my phone will turn up, maybe it won't. Maybe fairies have carried it off, maybe the dogs ate it. But in the end, it is JUST a phone. The quiet in the car may be lonely, having no iTunes may be inconvenient, but, in a few days, whether it is a new phone, or my good old pink camo colored phone, I will have a new phone and the loneliness and the quiet will end. So before it does, I better remember
Life lesson number 5:
I am supposed to be learning something right this minute, even if it is inconvenient. I need to learn this lesson so I can move forward.
Until we meet again my friends, I am out of touch, LEARNING to like it and spending time with my family WITHOUT taking pictures, checking texts, or emails.
All the Best,
TMBM
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