That darn credit card

On LiveJournal (as recommended by Brad), I have added a few RSS feeds to my "friends" page. One such feed is from the blog Overheard in New York... a collection of the best of the best quotes overheard in the streets (or buildings) of NYC. I got a real kick out of this one:

Woman: Oh god, I hope nobody takes that out of context.
Man: Takes what out of context?
Woman: A thing I just thought.

Thank the Lord that no one can use our thoughts against us!

Got to say a quick thanks to Jess & Mikey for all their hospitality yesterday & this morning. For those of you I haven't told about my travel troubles, I got stuck in Charlotte at 10 pm last night (with no other flights going to Savannah). J & M were kind enough to be taxi, hotel, and great company. I hope I wasn't too much trouble to you guys... I appreciate it SOOOO much!

So, I had a minor little freak-out tonight (after I got back home, went to dinner with Jon, laughed a lot, and went to Wal Mart for Resolve carpet cleaner to get the oopsie spots out of the carpet... still don't understand why Cooper & Kona have so many accidents with Jon). We were at Wal-Mart, and I went to pay... but my credit card was missing. Then, I started trying to remember when the last time I used that card. I remembered sticking it in my pocket this morning after breakfast; but I was pretty sure I stuck it back in my wallet in the car afterward (if I hadn't already put it back in its home in the restaurant). Then, I remembered that I had to have done that... because I used it to pay for parking at SAV. But the two machines inside the terminal were out of order and I had to pay at the exit gate. So, I'm thinking... did I leave my card in the stupid machine? I know I got the receipt from the machine (the same machine that I thought perhaps ate my card)... and I couldn't find that receipt either. So, surely, even if I had left my card in the machine, I would be able to find the receipt that I'm SURE I had at some point. It couldn't be in my suitcase b/c that was in the trunk. In the front with me were both of my Vera bags, my coat, and the sweater that I originally had on (it was COLD in Charlotte but downright balmy in Savannah... so I had to change from the turtleneck into a short-sleeve shirt I had in my suitcase). Anyway, after searching everywhere (including completely cleaning out "the hot car), I finally found both the card & the receipt in my computer bag. I had stuck it down into the side pocket, replacing the cell phone that I grabbed out of my bag as soon as I paid for parking & was on the open road. So intelligent am I... or rather stupid, stupid, stupid. Oh well, at least all is found and the freaking out is over. Okay, yes, thank goodness... anyway, bye dear!