…I am blessed.
In June, I purchased a pair of Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II. At nearly $300 it took me a year to even convince myself that I deserved them.
I had some cheaper earbuds several years ago that proved to be more of a frustration than useful. They were hard to connect, the charging connection was finicky, and after a few months they just fell apart.
I loved these new earbuds. They connected to The Behemoth that big 75” QLED TV and when I traveled I could keep my phone charged without having to unplug the earphones. Best of all, when I was out mowing the lawn they not only muffled the mower sound, but I could hear if anyone called and I had music that seemed to make the job a little less strenuous and tedious.
So all-in-all, I was pleased with them and I realized they were well worth the price because they were going to last a long while.
Fast forward just three months, Monday afternoon, we are in rush hour traffic trying to get to SeaTac Airport to pickup my sister, Paulette, who was coming for a visit. I am driving because, well, I wanted to get there without my stomach in my throat.
We arrived about 10 minutes after the plane had landed, so Chris jumped out at the bridge to the terminal to meet Paulette and I was going to find a place to park and catch up.
When I parked and turned off the car, I got a warning tone… “Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding” and it says on the dash, “Key fob not detected press brake to restart.”
Oops, I did not have my key fob and Chris’s was in his pocket. I opened the door to get out thinking I would just manually lock the door and go. But to make my frustration worse, my purse that had been between me and the door fell out of the car and all the contents dumped on the ground.
I quickly gathered everything, took a quick look around to make sure nothing rolled away then I tried to manually lock the car because apparently it could still be restarted until a key fob was present.
However when I hit the manual lock, it would lock all the doors but the driver’s door. Still dinging, still instructing me to restart. I could not leave it like this, I called Chris and told him where I was parked and stayed in the car. After about ten minutes the lights went out and everything shut off. I tried to start it but the restart no longer worked.
This seems like a good thing but I am telling you it is not! Cars these days are so “smart” you have to play by their rules or you are doomed. I had enough brain power to think through the “what ifs” of opening the door and leaving. The way things were going, I would open the door, the alarm would go off, but because I had no key fob, I would have no way to silence it. So I just sat there and waited for the key fob in Chris’s pocket to return.
Tuesday night, everyone is tired after a busy day and we retire early. I wanted to unwind a little and watch TV. I went downstairs to get my Bose earbuds to connect to “The Behemoth” so I don’t disturb anyone and to my surprise when I open the case it is empty.
My thoughts start racing. When did have have them last… Sunday, on a flight home from Salt Lake City? I am sure I put them back in the case, I have been very careful with them. As I search my memories (a difficult task these days), I wonder if I could have left them on my tray, did I put them in my pocket and did they go through the washer and dryer?
The search begins. I checked all my pockets, the washer, the dryer, my makeup bag, my suitcase, my purse… then I remembered my purse falling out of the car, and earbud case was one of the things on the ground. Could they have popped out of the case when it hit the ground? Yes, I’m thinking so.
I am so disappointed, three months, all that money and they’re gone. I looked them up online and not only are they just expensive, they are now $30 more. I’m told myself that is too much money and I don’t need another set. As I said before it took me a year to convince myself I deserve the first pair.
I wondered, did someone pick them up? Could they use them? Are they connect somehow to my account?
When I thought about how my purse fell and how I had looked around, I thought, possibly, they might have bounced forward and are still there. Maybe near the front of the parking spot?
Chris told me he did not think there was any possibility they would still be there, and if they are, they have been run over by cars going in and out of the parking spot. Regardless, on Thursday (three days later), I have to take Chris back to the airport. I know exactly where I parked, 4H12, because I had to tell him where to find me on Monday night. I’m thinking, even if I find them destroyed, at least I won’t be looking for them any longer because I’m not 100% sure about what happened to them.
On Thursday, we enter the parking garage and head up to level 4. We drove down aisle G, turn the corner and head up the H aisle. As we approach spot 12, I see a white object under the back of the car park in space 11! I am so excited I shouted, “I see one! Stop the car!”
I jumped out and sure enough there is an unblemished white earbud in the center of the spot about 3 feet under the car. I got down on the ground, reached under the car and grabbed it. Then I looked up. The first thing I see is the other earbud in the same position in spot 10!
I crawl over and retrieve that one as well. I started jumping up and down with joy and danced all the way back to the car. Chris said he had not seen me so happy in a long time.
It was so crazy, I hardly could believe it but I realize that even in the small insignificant things, I am blessed.
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