dlowan wrote: - the rest I leave to your imagination....
Perhaps I should, but... in The Sak (pale blue) I found:
1. Loose five dollar bill (Yay!)
2. Tan leather wallet with driver's license, 4 credit cards + gas card, insurance card, medical cards, 2 video store cards (one is not mine), an OroWheat punch card, a travel card for car rentals, membership card supporting the PNW Ballet (at the Corps de Ballet, ie. lowest level), card and instructions for my international calling card, a card for free copies at the local UPS store, Jennifer Becker's card (she makes violins), Bloedel Reserve membership card, my bank's business card and a glasses Rx.
3. three single-use eye-drops
4. An envelope with 3 twenty dollar bills
5. Dentyne "Ice" gum which I just put in my mouth. Not that good.
6. A wad of tissues
7. 13 coins in a tan leather snap pouch (seventy-one cents)
8. An envelope with film expense receipts (video store & refreshments) for reimbursement
9. The sticky-back velcro package that I needed for some black-out curtains & 8 remaining squares
10. An alcohol prep packet, single use
11. A little box with four days worth of meds
12. Notes from the video projector guy, running to five 3x5 notecards
13. Bank checkbook
14. An imcomprehensible note, written by me, that says, Bounce, Coffee, Dog Food and Big Buzz Bombs.
15. Four-day pass to the new Gateway Fitness Center
16. A letter from the Volvo dealership
17. thin pack of Post-it notes -- pink
18. Two Wet-Ones, pre-moistened paper "towelettes"
19. Notes from an Edna St. Vincent Millay recorded in 1941, including "For Pao-Chin and O Sleep Forever in the Latmian Cave"
20. A note from my doctor saying I'm normal
21. Lens cleaning tissues
22. Bullfrog sunblock 36spf
23. A check for $20.80 for bank deposit
24. A name card with my real name
25. A set of keys to my house -- one is zebra-striped, the other is navy blue and gold with a red tulip
26. A small notebook, 2x4 inches, with phone numbers, addresses, travel notes, two feathers, some dried plant specimens, mostly full.
27. Another notebook of the same size, also with phone numbers, mostly empty.
28. Nine loose coins totally eighty-eight cents
29. Three more business cards, one for my doctor, one for a graphics company, one for an artist that looks like a miniature antique postcard
30. Punch card for my favorite espresso stand, Caffe Appasionato
31. seventy-five cent coupon for Ben & Jerry's ice cream that I'm thinking of using soon
32. six postage stamps
33. a payment for the dentist but... oops... I forgot to go to my appointment so now I have to mail it.
34. Nine shopping receipts
35. My bill at the Tides Tavern ($33.90)
36. A $43.81 "Gift Card" for West Marine
37. Two lipsticks and one lip gloss
38. A partial roll of Vitamin C chews
39. two black uniball pens
40. a small handgun
41. Swiss army knife -- two-incher, the cross has been rubbed off yet the toothpick, the tweezers are still there and the scissors work
42. small tube of skin cream
43. small pâté knife
44. my cell phone
45. prescription sunglasses in a hemp case my brother gave me
46. tag that says Spirea japonica - "Candle Light"
47. Comb
Now I've got all this stuff all over the place!!!! Akkkkkkk!!! I could just jam it back in there, but I feel compelled to file the receipts and the film notes the poetry notes, put the phone on the charger and the knife in the kitchen. This is good. I get rid of some stuff and am reminded to pay the dentist and go to the bank.
[size=7]I was just joking about #40[/size]
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. The feeling is mutual; your life and your posts are so fascinating... it's all like a song to me.