Today started out awesome.
The sun was shining. Spring had sprung. I was stoked.
It was my last Wednesday off-track and one of the last days that I had to actually run some errands. I went all over and everywhere I went I ended up with the perfect parking spot.
The radio was only playing songs I loved.
Everything made me smile. Children were adorable, puppies were cuddly, I was going to play softball. The day was glorious.
Was is the key word in this sentence.
When Husband and I got to the field I handed him my phone and wedding rings to hold onto while I played. In retrospect, that was probably a bad idea.
Here's how the day went from amazing and awesome and all adjectives that only mean good things to a day that I cried and wanted to punch things (
by things I mostly mean Husband...no, I'm not violent):
About half way through the game, T. somehow bloodied his knee. I sent Husband to the car to check my purse to see if I had any band aids...I didn't, T. continued to bleed throughout the game.
Game ends, we head to the car. As we're driving away, Husband begins fishing in his pocket for my rings. He hands me the band and I say, "That's only one." "I know," as he continues to fish without any luck. He pulls over, opens the door and digs around in the seats. It's not there. "We should probably go back, huh?" "Yes, we should," I choked out.
We drive back to the softball field. Keep in mind that it's about 9:30 and super dark. We get out of our car and begin looking around with flashlights. Some people were still around ans tried to help us. After looking for about 15 minutes one guy who was helping us said "I have a metal detector and I only live about 10 minutes away. I'll run home and get it then run back here."
Fast forward 90 minutes, 3 people with flashlights, 1 man with a metal detector and head lamp, many tears and many times feeling like it was gone and we were never going to find the ring...I finally found it. It was a moment of pure joy. I was elated.
So lesson learned...keep the ring on my finger or in my house. Got it.