If you have seen pictures of me, then you are aware that I wear glasses because I can’t see right. Â I have trouble seeing things far away but not near, so when I do things like read, I tend to take them off. Â Otherwise, I end up just looking over or under them to do so. Â I also like to wear my glasses because they can be a fun fashion accessory. Â The other thing about me that you might not know is that I am super forgetful. Â Not about important things, but small things yes. Â Like what to pick up at the store, to call someone back or answer an email. Â Now, put these two things together and you will get the incident that happened the other night before work.
I was busy getting ready for work and texting BFF at the same time so that we could discuss what type of coffee I was picking us up at Starbucks (venti vanilla soy flat white btw). Â I finished putting on my makeup and fixing my hair and went to go prep some snacks for work when I realized my glasses weren’t on. Â So I went back to the bathroom to get them. Â Hmmm. Â Not there. Â I searched all over the bathroom counter and could not find them. Â I saw my extra pair sitting by my bed, but not the pair I had just been wearing. Â I went out to the living room and looked on the coffee table thinking I had left them there. Â Nope. Â No glasses. Â I texted BFF in confusion:
Me: Â “I can’t find my glasses. Â Like anywhere. How strange.”
BFF: Â “Are they on your face? Â Your head?”
Me: Â “Hahaha. Â Very funny. Â No. Â I took them off to do my makeup and hair and now can’t find them.” (I am now overturning couch cushions in hopes they slipped down there).
BFF: Â “You checked the bathroom and the coffee table? Â Do you have an extra pair?”
Me: Â “Yup. Â I am so confused. How do I lose a pair of glasses in my own house?” Â (I put on my other pair because I need to finish getting ready for work after frantically searching the bathroom again).
BFF: Â “I blame Ninja! Â A ghost?”
Me: Â “Great. Â Now I have a ghost to worry about in my house. Â Why do you say such things?”
BFF: Â “Because it is fun! Â I still say Ninja took them.”
Me: Â “Seriously. Â How can I lose a pair of glasses I just took off? Â They were just on my face.”
BFF: Â “THE GHOST!!!”
I have now gone into the kitchen to finish prepping snacks for work. Â I opened the fridge to get the makings of a sammie. Â There on the shelf in the fridge are the glasses. Ummm. What? Â The fridge? Â Why the heck are they there? Â or better yet, how did they get there?
Me: Â “OMG. Â I found them. Â They were in the fridge. Â WTH? Â I don’t even remember going to the fridge. Â What am I doing?”
BFF: Â “Can Ninja open the fridge? Â This is hysterical by the way.”
Me: Â “This is a blog.”
BFF: Â “Yes. Yes it is you dork.”
Yup. Â I really am a dork. Â I have no idea how those glasses got in the fridge, why I would have put them there, or if Ninja can really open the fridge door. Â This shall remain a mystery. Â This is also why I keep a spare pair of glasses lying around. Â Maybe I do have a ghost in my house.
Oh yeah. Â I didn’t die today. Â I still am trying to figure out the case of the missing glasses, but I didn’t die. Â I am a forgetful Fat Girl who apparently puts her glasses in the fridge or has the world’s smartest cat around Running. Â The experiment continues….
It’s an age related manifestation. I lost my brand new Costco cool glasses, my first with bifocal lines 2 weeks after I got them last month. I have looked in my car, work, home with no success. I wear my rx sunglasses to drive home from work in the dark. Shows the other drivers how cool I am or that the street lights and headlights are just too bright. i keep looking in the same places (like my bottomless purse) thinking they will appear as if by magic if I look every 3 days. If and when I find them, I will bungee cord them on around my neck. There’s no hope for us. My pasture awaits me. susan (phx)
We are hopeless. We should just retire
I went from needing correction for distance to close work to not needing them at all, yet I am surrounded by glasses. They seem to show up in every bag and briefcase, every drawer in my desk and even in my car. I might be the other side of a worm hole, where all the missing glasses end up. And maybe socks.
Maybe they are someplace we can only find if we had a T.A.R.D.I.S.
Happens to me all the time , one moment it was there and now bloody hell I cannot find it anywhere … I could swear it was with me , a moment before and now lost. My husband tells me I have a “portal” of my own where all things vanishes 😀 ..My own room of requirement ( I hope you like Harry Potter ) and Yes I have found it in fridge too!
I love that you have your own Room of Requirement!