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my ring fell off my finger!

i was just lying there on the couch with the side of my head buried comfortably in a pillow.  it was somewhere around 10:00 pm, and i was attempting to watch an episode of the office.  of course this would have been a little easier if my dog had not been attempting to get my attention by barking at a rate of 250 barks a minute (i still love her though).  suddenly i jumped at the sound of something metal making contact with the tile floor.  though the sound was very unique and would probably be categorized as one of the strangest noises of the day, i immediately knew what had happened.  my wedding ring had fallen off of my finger.

now, it is safe to say that i have lost a little weight in 2008.  partly because my stomach is having its own version of a civil war with the rest of my body.  scientifically speaking, i simply have bad organs (the words of my doctor).  also, in an attempt to gain digestive order, back in april i made the decision to be vegetarian.  that decision has recently been overruled, and i am once again omnivorous.  needless to say, the lack of meat in my diet also contributed to my weight loss.  lastly, i have been training for a marathon, and all that running has not exactly fattened me up any.  anyways, i guess my fingers have gotten thinner as well, and as a result "the symbol of my undying love" decided to make a run for it.  lori and i both began to look for the ring, fearing that chloe would find it first and try to swallow it.  luckily, lori was the one to spot it first and safely placed it back on my hand where it belongs.  although the story had a happy ending, it is a discovery that i made while i was searching for the ring that is the real reason for this blog.

as i pressed my head against the cold tile floor and attempted to look underneath the couch, i was confronted with two things: an entire army of dust bunnies (that is a whole different story, complements of online rug purchasing) and also a solitary tortilla chip (blue corn chip).  ignoring the dust, i picked up the chip, and began to think about the details of its origin.  we had not purchased any chips like it in the recent past.  in fact, i could not think of the last time we had purchased blue corn chips.  how long had that little guy been down there?

this string of events has got me to thinking today.  how many items in my life have been misplaced like the corn chip?  i will be the first to admit that i am a procrastinator.  i will put things off like crazy if you let me.  when something needs done, i have to do it right away or it will never get done.  the same thing goes for remembering to put things where they belong.  if i do not put things back immediately, they often get lost in the black hole that is my life.  thus, i have been looking all around my office at the things that i've been "trying" to remember to take home for the last year.  below is the list:

1.  a dog crate - it is still fully assembled and taking up about 1/10 of my floor space.  unfortunately, chloe has not been here for 4 weeks.  i've been meaning to pack it up.

2.  an auburn cup with 3 spoons (sorry lori) - i believe that they each aided me in consuming cereal back in february.

3.  two plastic rubber-maid containers - i don't really know their story.

4.  an air mattress - this little guy went on our trip to honduras in july.

5.  a stack of my co-worker's books - he lent them to me in november.  oops.

okay, i'm going to stop now.  i think i'll just make my self depressed if i keep on.  anyways, if it is not too late to make a "new years" resolution, i am going to try to stay on top of things better.  i do not want the only change in my life to be that my finger is too thin to contain my wedding band.  some more substantial and positive change would be nice, but for now, i'm just going to eat more calories.