Hans brought me a watch from Switzerland and it’s a bit too big. So I haven’t worn it and he said the next time he was going, he’d take it back with him and have them adjust it for free. He called me this morning to remind me that he’s leaving soon and if I don’t get him the watch today, I’m out of luck. And I know I put the watch in a special place but I can’t find it!

I live in a small house. There really aren’t that many places to hide things. But it happens. For instance, this morning while I was hunting for the watch, I came across the charger for my camera battery – the one I was looking for back in August before going to Omega! I haven’t taken many pictures these past couple of months because I couldn’t locate the charger. I found the case the watch came in but not the watch.

Hans might think this is a sign of disrespect and make it mean that he shouldn’t give me presents anymore. It doesn’t mean that. The truth is, it’s not personal and I am equally confused about where a wide variety of things are, some meaningful, some not. I’m an equal-opportunity mis-placer.

What I’d like to have is this: a place for everything and everything in its place. That would be so awesome. Then I’d know where everything goes because it would have a place. And if it didn’t have a place, it wouldn’t be in my house or else I would make a new place for it. Wouldn’t that be great? I’d be organized and tidy and I wouldn’t have to make decisions every five minutes about where to put stuff because it would be pre-decided and I’d just place it back where it belongs. Ahhh.

I know some of you out there can totally not relate to my situation. You’ve told me! And I know some of you are in similar situations.

I will continue to look today for the gorgeous watch that a very dear friend gave to me. It is very lovely and he was really super-generous to give it to me. I will be even more embarrassed if I can’t locate it before the end of the day. Sorry, Hans.

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I found it! I reviewed one of the places I had checked but this time I looked more closely and sure enough, it was there. See Hans? I take really good care of things! I keep them safe and in secure locations where I can retrieve them when I need to.