Lost. Found
So I lost my phone.
It was about 9am when I looked for it to make a call, and it wasn’t in any of the 36 normal landing spots at home.
So I looked in the 17 alternate landing places to no avail.
I even looked in the couch.
I began replaying the day before… when did I last have it… when did I last use it….I even tried the ‘find my iphone’ feature, but my phone wasn’t connected to a network anywhere. Hmmm….
And with a gut-blanching suddenness I remembered.
I had taken it outside the night before while this was happening. Because I wanted to take pictures.
I remembered that there had been a bit of a scuffle, so I put my phone down to help out. I remember thinking, “I HAVE to remember to take that back inside”.
Then, my son had a bit of an accident on a scooter, so I had to help him get into the house and quiet the screaming.
I forgot about the phone.
Where did I leave it?
Here.
Wondering what that is, exactly? Try this view.
I PUT IT ON THE BUMPER OF THE CAR.
(I know.)
When I realized all of this, my husband had already met a friend for breakfast and had returned home, driving this car. He looked at the bumper… and was convinced the phone had gone with him. Because it had been raining, and the phone shaped outline implies something was sitting there in the rain.
Be still my heart.
He, being an amazing husband with a great appreciation for personal communication, retraced his steps.
And he found my phone.
My phone rode on the back of his bumper, in the spot pictured above…. for about 4.5 miles…
…down our bumpy driveway…
…through a half mile of washboard gravel road, including several hundred feet through a construction site (none of which Neil drives through with, say, great restraint)…
… a few miles of 5 lane suburban roadway, including several stoplights…
… IN THE RAIN…
… to this restaurant.
He found the phone lying face up in the parking lot. In perfect condition.
(pause to offer thanks and absorb the ridiculousness of my own actions)
He is, and has been for 15 years now, My Hero.
That. Is. Incredible.
That is awesome!
Wish I had that same luck!
So would this make Neil inspector ‘gadget’?
I agree with your assessment. Knowing how Neil drives AND knowing the roads near your house…I am amazed.
Could be a great commercial for makers of the jacket/cover thingy since it held on very well AND protected the phone from rain.
Not such a good commercial for the restaurant considering a busier place would have resulted in either:
1. a patron finding it in the parking lot and turning it in
2. a patron running it over with their car
3. a patron finding it and accepting it as a manna falling from heaven.
you know I’ve thought the same thing…. the real hero is the CASE. :)
hahahahahahha! neil is officially a hero in my book … i’ll pass that info along to vince for future reference (although someone in l.a. would surely have pawned it on ebay by the time i realized it was gone).
Kim, I LOVE your blog. Another quintessentially perfect post. :)
AMAZING … wow, hope you said a prayer of thanksgiving!
Hilarious – so glad he found it!
wow. that’s epic.
have you decided how much you want for the movie rights?
;)
ha!
wait…. who would play me??? hmmmm……
Holy Crap!!!!!!!
That us AWESOME!!!!
thought you’d enjoy that.
Wow.
You must be livin’ right!
ha! perhaps this was just a huge measure of GRACE. :)
Great story, wonderful ending. Larry just had to replace (ie BUY) another iPhone. The Apple people claimed there was significant water damage…and we are certain there was none. Ever. Sigh.
oooo bummer! does that mean he got a 3Gs?!?!?
there was this moment when Neil wondered if I had done this on purpose, in order to upgrade. I assured him that wasn’t the case, but remarked that I’d put the phone under his wheel next time….. :)
No! Unfortunately this was just a few days before the new phones came out. Had to pay full price for an “old” phone. grrr.
He must turn corners carefully. This happened to me too, and I found my (old, non iPhone) at a curve, half submerged in a water puddle. God bless you and your phone and Happy Anniversary!
yeah, not so much with the turning corners carefully. that’s what makes this kind of astounding.