Just needed to tell some folks that would understand.
Spent the last 24 hours thinking that I'd accidentally tossed out my WBBB, Wooki UQ, Jarbridge UQ, Superfly tarp, AND homemade Costco top quilts!
I haven't been on a trip since last year, for various reasons. And I've been stressed out completely by world events lately. But, nearly two years after moving into our new home, I finally addressed the moisture and mold problems in our 135 year old stone basement.
Since moving in, some of our belongings suffered water/mold damage, or just smelled musty, and I "knew" that I'd tried to protect my hammock gear from all of that. But I didn't remember how.
Last week, I purged dozens of bags and boxes from the basement, throwing out a lot of things--some that were damaged, and some that were just not needed.
When Streets and San took it all away, I was relieved.
Finally, I could organize my backpacking and camping gear in a much improved basement!
But after organizing and sorting water purification systems and cooksets, stoves and firemaking, etc., I've spent hours looking for my hammock setup.
And over the last couple of days, I'd became convinced that I'd thrown it all away in my haste to purge. Part of me couldn't believe it, but the other part of me could not stop kicking my own butt for being so stupid.
I really liked my setup and it would be expensive to replace.
I finally told my wife while pouring out the last of the bourbon.
Whereupon she went to the linen closet, pulled out HER oversized suitcase, and revealed all!
I'd put my gear in the closet so that it wouldn't get all funky--and I'd checked there-- but she'd organized the closet one day, using her suitcase as "storage", effectively hiding it all from me because why would I ever think to check there?
Then she forgot to tell me.
She couldn't stop apologizing and I couldn't stop being grateful that I'd been wrong!
Anyone ever have something like this happen?
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