my purse has been recovered!!!!
HAPPY DAY!!
OK so yesterday, as I was waiting for the bus, I called Suzanne. Then by the time I got back home, I realized I did not have my purse with me. So I realized sometime between when I was waiting for the bus, and I got off the bus, my purse and I had been separated. I think it was probably left on the bench where I was waiting for the bus.
So I'm like well super. I am at my apartment but I have no way to get in it. At that time I thought I probably left it ON the bus. I don't even have my cell phone. There are some guys talking to each other in the street, I ask them if either of them has a cell phone I could use. I call the bus line lost and found and I say I think I left my purse on the bus. My neighbor overhears this and is like, well, what are you gonna do, kid? And I say I don't know. He says well, where does the bus go next, I pull out the schedule and I was like, it goes to Mt. Hope and McLean at 1:50, he says OK well let's try to catch it! By the way, I think I met you before, when you lost your cat. Haiku, right? Ummmm yeah. Lol I told him, I really am not normally this irresponsible! (I guess that is kind of not true) Anyway then I remembered his name was Matt and I reminded him my name was Laurel, he says his daughter's friend is named Laurel. So he grabs his keys and we go chase down the bus. We don't catch it on Mt. Hope so we go to the Library and catch up with it there. Say bye to neighbor Matt, thank him profusely. I get on the bus and tell the driver I think I left my purse, so we check it out and it's not there. I also check the benches, not there. Check with ITS, get very testy with the idiots working there who do not know how to operate a phone and have NO sense of URGENCY. Finally we are able to call security, they have not recovered it. They suggest like 3 other places to check that have lost-and-found areas and I should call them back if it's not at any of those places. It's not, so I call them back, they file the report, and give me information on how to cancel my cards, cell phone, all of that. I give them my office # so if it's recovered, they can call me there and let me know.
So I get my landlord to send someone out with keys to my apartment so I can get in. I am super bummed. Mo saves my butt by taking me home and letting me use his cell phone so I can call the landlord when I get there. Alison also offered to save my butt. So I get in my apt, and I actually manage to find my spare apartment key!! I also have a spare office key and a spare car key. I still don't have a key to the front door though. So I go knocking on doors of other people in my apt and the guy who lives in the basement is there, he loans me his front door key so I can make a copy. I go to the hardware store down the street, I talk to the owner, I'm like hey, I'm Laurel, I like right down the street on 288 Dartmouth St, I come in here a lot so maybe I look familiar.... Here's the deal. I lost my purse. I have spare keys that I need to make copies of. But I have no money. I'm getting a new credit and debit card in the mail but until then I'm kind of stuck. So could I get a couple copies of my keys on loan? You can keep my address to track me down in case I don't find a way to pay you back. So he just laughs at me, makes copies of the keys, and says it's on him. I say thank you so much, I've totally been relying on the kindness of friends and strangers today, and he was like, basically it's a nice way of saying, you're kind of pathetic. Hahaha he made me laugh a bit in the middle of a really sucky day.
OK so then I went about my day, pretty bummed out. There was an Italian meetup at Bacco's and I had to bum money off remgs but he was super sweet about it.
This morning Carrie was so awesome to give me a ride to school. I take my spare office key, unlock the door, and guess what is lying on my desk...
MY KEYS. So basically, I locked my keys in my office, BEFORE I lost my purse. So my keys were never out in the wild and I won't have to change any of my locks!!
Then I notice there is no message on my office phone so I'm kind of sad because that means my purse wasn't turned into security. But I check my e-mail and someone from the Package Store in Todd Union recovered it!
I went there and the person said she found it hanging on a railing outside Todd Union when she was going home last night, so she took it home and brought it in this morning. The cash which was only like $20-$40 was missing, but everything else was there... cell phone, credit cards, breathe yoga card, altoids, all of it! I am so ecstatic. So I figure, someone took it off the bench, took the money for their trouble, then left it somewhere for someone else to find? Seems pretty reasonable, and I thought that would be like the best-case scenerio. Also, magpiesd pointed out that while I do not have access to my cash, I still can use checks. So I do kind of have money. I can even maybe write checks to myself hahaha.
OK so yesterday, as I was waiting for the bus, I called Suzanne. Then by the time I got back home, I realized I did not have my purse with me. So I realized sometime between when I was waiting for the bus, and I got off the bus, my purse and I had been separated. I think it was probably left on the bench where I was waiting for the bus.
So I'm like well super. I am at my apartment but I have no way to get in it. At that time I thought I probably left it ON the bus. I don't even have my cell phone. There are some guys talking to each other in the street, I ask them if either of them has a cell phone I could use. I call the bus line lost and found and I say I think I left my purse on the bus. My neighbor overhears this and is like, well, what are you gonna do, kid? And I say I don't know. He says well, where does the bus go next, I pull out the schedule and I was like, it goes to Mt. Hope and McLean at 1:50, he says OK well let's try to catch it! By the way, I think I met you before, when you lost your cat. Haiku, right? Ummmm yeah. Lol I told him, I really am not normally this irresponsible! (I guess that is kind of not true) Anyway then I remembered his name was Matt and I reminded him my name was Laurel, he says his daughter's friend is named Laurel. So he grabs his keys and we go chase down the bus. We don't catch it on Mt. Hope so we go to the Library and catch up with it there. Say bye to neighbor Matt, thank him profusely. I get on the bus and tell the driver I think I left my purse, so we check it out and it's not there. I also check the benches, not there. Check with ITS, get very testy with the idiots working there who do not know how to operate a phone and have NO sense of URGENCY. Finally we are able to call security, they have not recovered it. They suggest like 3 other places to check that have lost-and-found areas and I should call them back if it's not at any of those places. It's not, so I call them back, they file the report, and give me information on how to cancel my cards, cell phone, all of that. I give them my office # so if it's recovered, they can call me there and let me know.
So I get my landlord to send someone out with keys to my apartment so I can get in. I am super bummed. Mo saves my butt by taking me home and letting me use his cell phone so I can call the landlord when I get there. Alison also offered to save my butt. So I get in my apt, and I actually manage to find my spare apartment key!! I also have a spare office key and a spare car key. I still don't have a key to the front door though. So I go knocking on doors of other people in my apt and the guy who lives in the basement is there, he loans me his front door key so I can make a copy. I go to the hardware store down the street, I talk to the owner, I'm like hey, I'm Laurel, I like right down the street on 288 Dartmouth St, I come in here a lot so maybe I look familiar.... Here's the deal. I lost my purse. I have spare keys that I need to make copies of. But I have no money. I'm getting a new credit and debit card in the mail but until then I'm kind of stuck. So could I get a couple copies of my keys on loan? You can keep my address to track me down in case I don't find a way to pay you back. So he just laughs at me, makes copies of the keys, and says it's on him. I say thank you so much, I've totally been relying on the kindness of friends and strangers today, and he was like, basically it's a nice way of saying, you're kind of pathetic. Hahaha he made me laugh a bit in the middle of a really sucky day.
OK so then I went about my day, pretty bummed out. There was an Italian meetup at Bacco's and I had to bum money off remgs but he was super sweet about it.
This morning Carrie was so awesome to give me a ride to school. I take my spare office key, unlock the door, and guess what is lying on my desk...
MY KEYS. So basically, I locked my keys in my office, BEFORE I lost my purse. So my keys were never out in the wild and I won't have to change any of my locks!!
Then I notice there is no message on my office phone so I'm kind of sad because that means my purse wasn't turned into security. But I check my e-mail and someone from the Package Store in Todd Union recovered it!
I went there and the person said she found it hanging on a railing outside Todd Union when she was going home last night, so she took it home and brought it in this morning. The cash which was only like $20-$40 was missing, but everything else was there... cell phone, credit cards, breathe yoga card, altoids, all of it! I am so ecstatic. So I figure, someone took it off the bench, took the money for their trouble, then left it somewhere for someone else to find? Seems pretty reasonable, and I thought that would be like the best-case scenerio. Also, magpiesd pointed out that while I do not have access to my cash, I still can use checks. So I do kind of have money. I can even maybe write checks to myself hahaha.