You had quite a day....it seems that the "senior moments" are beginning for you! Of course I wouldn't insult you without confessing to one of my own that involves the post office.

One morning on the way to work I cashed a check for Christmas shopping and, since it was for $250, I put it in the secret compartment of my pocketbook for safekeeping. I then went to work, and after work, as I always do, I stopped at the box outside of the post office to deposit the mail from my office. I also reached inside my pocketbook where I had placed my own personal mail which I had planned to mail along with my office mail.

Driving home from the post office I looked inside my pocketbook for the envelope with the $250 and couldn't find it. I drove back to the post office (10 miles) and went inside and asked if someone could get the mail from the outside drop box as I was "sure" I had thrown the envelope with the cash into it when I pulled out my own mail (totally forgetting that my envelope with the cash was safely inside the secret compartment). It was 4:55PM and they were scheduled to remove the mail from the box at 5:00PM and suggested that I wait and they would bring it in and go through it.

As I stood there, I remembered about the secret compartment and very sheepishly went to the window and explained to the clerk that I had my money all the time! I was ready to wring my own neck after all of that needless driving and stress!!