Loosing my mind and digging through trash!

Almost two weeks ago it was my birthday and I got some great gifts. I don’t ask for much but all I wanted was a couple cds and that was it! My parents surprised the hell out of me with $100 cash to go shopping to buy myself some new clothes. Great right? I was thrilled! So we came home and I put my birthday bag in my room along with the card inside it that had the cash.

This morning my 2 year old comes walking into the living room with the bag. It had a shirt in it (that I got for my birthday) and an envelope but no card. Crap! So I go looking everywhere looking for this lost card that still has my cash in it. Looked under the bed, in their rooms, in the bathroom, all over the living room and kitchen….nowhere to be found. So of course then I start to cry! Being a stay at home mom we sacrifice a lot. I don’t buy things for myself and rarely do anything for me. This money was for ME! Not for the kids, not for the house, hubby or groceries…but for *me*!

So I stand there and try to retrace my steps from the day and remember that I just threw away a bunch of birthday cards off the counter and didn’t open them because I figured they were empty, not thinking about the money. So next step…digging through the trash piece by piece. And let me tell you it.was.stinky!!! Old coffee grounds, food, yogurt, mail, a diaper, you name it it was in there and stinkin it up! But $100 is worth it so I kept digging. I finally got to the bottom and still no card to be seen and the trash company just came yesterday….surly the money was gone forever. I start to cry again, say a prayer to St. Anthony (saint of lost things) and try to think more about where it could be.

Then it hit me! ‘Check on the fridge…sometimes you put things on the fridge that you don’t want to loose.’ So I did! And there it was hiding behind another paper being held up by a magnet, was my card and in it the $100 cash! Thank you St. Anthony!!! So this was my morning, digging through trash, gagging over the smell, crying and realizing that motherhood, stress and sleep deprivation is eating away at what brain cells I had left. Sucky beginning, great outcome!