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Note to self: don't ever leave your wallet on an airplane when you have to fly back out the next day.
*miserable post-panic funk*
I've *never* lost my wallet. Ever. Never had it stolen, never misplaced it, never left it anywhere. So getting to the airport Hilton and trying to check in, only to find that my wallet, which should be nestled snugly in my pocket next to my cel phone, is nowhere to be found. Not in pockets, not in camera bag, not in laptop case, not in carryon bag. Nowhere. I had it with me when I got on the plane, because it got me through security. So somewhere between the plane, the jetway, the walk to baggage claim and to the hotel shuttle, it vamoosed.
Now, I'm desperately hoping I just left it on the plane, because they can hold it at the airline's lost and found desk here and I can pick it up in the morning before we have to get on the plane for Seattle. And the plane itself is parked overnight, and won't be leaving until tomorrow morning, so hopefully they can find it between now and then. But if not? Well, I'm screwed, I guess. Because they don't let you on an airplane without ID these days. I don't know how else to manage it.
I'm like the travel goddess these days. I've got it all figured out. I can get in and out and around most airports with no problems (save grouchiness from having to hike all over the place to get to gates.) I can get serious discount fares and book multi-city two-week trips for four people. But I apparently can't keep control of my fucking wallet.
At least I'm comfortably ensconced in the hotel, and I have my laptop and net access and a call in to the airline's security desk for tomorrow morning. I guess I'll just hope against hope that someone reasonable finds it and I don't get my identity stolen. And that I can get home somehow.
*miserable post-panic funk*
I've *never* lost my wallet. Ever. Never had it stolen, never misplaced it, never left it anywhere. So getting to the airport Hilton and trying to check in, only to find that my wallet, which should be nestled snugly in my pocket next to my cel phone, is nowhere to be found. Not in pockets, not in camera bag, not in laptop case, not in carryon bag. Nowhere. I had it with me when I got on the plane, because it got me through security. So somewhere between the plane, the jetway, the walk to baggage claim and to the hotel shuttle, it vamoosed.
Now, I'm desperately hoping I just left it on the plane, because they can hold it at the airline's lost and found desk here and I can pick it up in the morning before we have to get on the plane for Seattle. And the plane itself is parked overnight, and won't be leaving until tomorrow morning, so hopefully they can find it between now and then. But if not? Well, I'm screwed, I guess. Because they don't let you on an airplane without ID these days. I don't know how else to manage it.
I'm like the travel goddess these days. I've got it all figured out. I can get in and out and around most airports with no problems (save grouchiness from having to hike all over the place to get to gates.) I can get serious discount fares and book multi-city two-week trips for four people. But I apparently can't keep control of my fucking wallet.
At least I'm comfortably ensconced in the hotel, and I have my laptop and net access and a call in to the airline's security desk for tomorrow morning. I guess I'll just hope against hope that someone reasonable finds it and I don't get my identity stolen. And that I can get home somehow.
