I've been pretty absent minded lately. My best example is how I lost my driver's license and went to get a new one to only find my old one again a couple days later shoved in the depths of my pants pocket. Although I think the main shock was that it was actually in my pants pocket and not shoved between my car seats or for some odd reason hidden in my shoe. It wasn't a surprise when the same thing happened to my bank card. It wasn't up until now that I've finally realized how much freedom a bank card has provided me that I have totally taken for granted. I'm down to getting cash and using checks but no one takes checks anymore so they aren't even an option. I hate to even ask if I can use a personal check because the reaction I get is the same if I talk about an eight track player. "A what?" some would say as fumble with a pen and a dusty protective cover. So why even have the options of checks anymore?

Today I felt really grateful for deb considering she is all I've got parenting wise and she does a pretty great job. My friend is having some trouble with her mom who doesn't seem as nurturing and I guess that is all that Deb really is.