Lessons Learned

Originally posted on May 16th, 2004 to my LiveJournal:

Lessons Learned

So, Matt is in Korea again. And as usual, the plane tickets were not purchased until about 2, maybe 3 days before he left. For some reason, the tickets had to be paper tickets...

CW LOVES to go through Matt's wallet and pocket stuff that he puts down on our dresser. Well, he put the tickets right there, and when he looked for them, about an hour before we had to leave for the airport, they were gone. CW had of course been moving stuff from our room into her room and vice versa, so we asked her if she'd taken them.

I think this best represents the process:

" CW, did you take the green papers that were here next to Daddy's wallet? Daddy really needs them."

"Wook, it's Weewo!"

"Yes I know that's Lilo, did you see the green papers here?"

"Yes!"

"Okay, so, did you move the papers? Did you take them into your room? Could you show me where they are?"

"Hmm?"

" CW , Did you see the green mail here on Mommy and Daddy's dresser?"

"GREEN! and Daddy's wallet, the pictures the daddy!"

"Yeah. Do you remember what you did with the green papers that were right here?!"

"STITCH!"

So we had called and found out that yes the tickets could be reprinted, but we'd have to stop by his office. Luckily, Matt finally looked in CW 's storage clipboard. I had asked him earlier to put the stuff I was handing him into said clipboard. Apparently this must have been when he picked up the tickets, thinking to put them into his carry on bag. He spaced and put it all in the clipboard...

So when I suggested that maybe he shouldn't put Important Things right where she can get them, and is known to rummage, his comment was that she hadn't taken them. I pointed out that we had thought she did, and wasted a lot of time asking Her about them...so it was really more of a future reference thing...