Goodbye Wallet

A seriously unfortunate thing happened tonight.

My wallet is gone.

See ya later....

or actually probably never.

I met up with Greg (our campus director for Cru) and his wife Amanda in the good ole student union for dinner. I'm giving a senior talk next week and Greg was giving me some pointers.

I had so many things in my hands from carrying the food back to our table and when I sat down, I just put my wallet on the floor next to my backpack...thinking I would pick it up when I left.

Mistake number one.

Then, it was time to head to Cru and get the meeting rolling. 

I didn't look back and check our table like I usually do.

Mistake number two. 

Well I assume that I left it because after Cru, a group of girls went to fro-yo. Yes, I have an unhealthy obsession with Yogurtland. And guess what? No wallet in my backpack. 

Oops.

I called a friend who was still in the union and she looked for me and asked the information desk. 

Nothing.

Nada.

Lydia and I went back to the union so I could look again.

It wasn't where I ate dinner.

It wasn't in the room we have Cru.

It wasn't in the bathroom.

No one turned it in to the front desk.

I even called campus police to see if someone turned it in.

Nope.

Cool.

So, my credit and debit card are cancelled.

But, I'll have to navigate my way to the DMV soon to get a new license.

I still have hope that someone will turn it in.

There's no cash in it.

Not sure why someone would keep it.

Take my gift cards and turn it in.

That's totally fine with me at this point.

I guess this is just a reminder that as humans, we often fail to do the right thing. I take responsibility for leaving my wallet somewhere, but it's unfortunate that whoever picked it up did not choose to turn it in.

We live in a broken world and people make poor choices.

I am thankful that even when sucky things happen,  I can look at the big picture and realize that it is certainly not the end of the world.

With finals approaching be on guard to not be pushed into the emotions of stress and chaos. Take a deep breath, enjoy what's going on around you, and keep an eye on your wallet. ;)