Three Strikes

Today was not a good day, to say the least. I had another appointment this morning, which did not go as well as I had hoped, but more on that in a little bit.

Let me say first that day started out fine, except I didn't hear the alarm go off, but I woke up a few minutes later anyway, so no time was lost. I had Dave put gas in the van yesterday so that I wouldn't have to stop for gas today. It was a good thing too because they started construction on the 35 going north to the next county's border, so you guessed it, one lane of traffic for about 12 miles. Luckily traffic wasn't too bad, that was until I hit the outskirts of Des Moines. Another one lane of traffic and this time it was heavy. I didn't think I would make my appointment on time, but I did, barely.

Like I said before, the appointment didn't go well. I had assumed some things which it turned out, were not correct. I also was told that I might have to wait a little longer than I was previously told for an item that I ordered. It is supposed to be here next Wednesday and I'm still praying that it makes it by then.

After the disappointment of the appointment, I decided to do some shopping and drove to PetCo because I was going to buy one of those inflatable collars for Angel to keep her from messing with the bandage on her leg from her surgery on Tuesday, but remembered that I hadn't measured her neck. As it turned out, she didn't need it anyway. I looked around some more and decided to head to PetSmart to see what they had and while there bought Rolli and Max new collars; I didn't find any that I liked for Jake and Angel. I also wanted to run next door to Bed, Bath, and Beyond. I did find something there that I needed and I also bought the pups a new toy, which unfortunately it looks like they don't like. After that, I headed home, but not before I stopped at Wal*Mart to pick up a couple things. I also got some money for David's lunches this weekend.

When I left the store, I had the money in my hand, wrapped in the receipt. When I got home, I had neither. I even called the store hoping that someone turned it in, but unfortunately no one had. I don't know what happened to it, I could have dropped it in the parking lot when I was opening the back door on the van, or it could be in the van somewhere and David and I hadn't found it when we searched. Luckily I had a $20 bill in my purse left over from the fair, so I gave him that. I will check back with the store tomorrow to see if by some miracle, someone turned it in, otherwise someone is $40.00 richer. I just hope if that's the case, that it was someone who really needed it.

Thank goodness tomorrow's Friday.