The Gravity Constant

Yesterday I was really productive, but as they say, what goes up must come down, even productivity. This morning I had grand plans to be similarly productive. I got up early, got dressed for a walk, found my keys, looked for my wallet, kept looking, looked some more, and never found it.

I know had it yesterday because I used it at the food city to buy some Coca Cola. This morning, nothing. After realizing it wasn't in the house, truck, garage, yard, or on the deck I went back to Food City to see if someone maybe found it and turned it into lost and found. Nope.

Then I went back home and looked in all the places I had looked before, and not surprisingly, still didn't find it. I even looked through the donate pile I have been accumulating, the laundry, and the trash cans. Still nothing.

So, I go to the credit union to kill my debit card account and get a new one. They asked me if I called the number on the back of the card to cancel it yet. Nope, I lost the back of the card too. After about ten minutes of them searching for the number, another customer finally got his card out and read it off the back. Then they tell me that after I get it cancelled, I can come back and order a new one.

I call to cancel the card and after navigating through the menus, I realize I have no idea what the 16 digit card number followed by the # key might be. I finally push enough menu options to get to a real person, and they cancel it for me through my name, address, and credit union name. That done, I go back to the credit union to order a new card. This time, I went to a different branch figuring it can't be any worse than the one near my house. It was actually much better, and my new card is on order.

What else? I had to go get a new driver's license. That placed was packed, and it took a while, but not too bad considering I actually knew my nine digit driver's license number and that it wasn't followed by the # key. Plus, it only cost $8 for the replacement. I did have to get a new picture made for it, and you can sort of tell what kind of day I had been having when you look at it.

I also lost $132 that was in the wallet, my Food City discount card, my Kroger discount card, my blood donor card, and my medical insurance card. I had just cleaned it out about a week ago, so there wasn't much in there worth missing. Other than the money of course.

I also got online and changed the two bills that got paid through my debit card to get paid from my checking account. I am not sure if this needed to be done, but it didn't take long, and now all of my bills come directly from my checking account, so at least everything is consistent now.

When I finally got all that done, I decided to work some more on cutting up the dead tree in my back yard. Nothing like the roar of a chainsaw to help you forget the wasted morning. Half an hour in, up pops a thunderstorm complete with rain and lightning. I spent enough time at it to get almost nothing done except work up a sweat. I decided to go inside, clean up, and call it a day. Gravity will still be there tomorrow.