phone
the beautiful and talented alisa was taking me to shakespeare santa cruz in the park to see love's labor lost. i couldn't find my phone. it didn't seem to be in the house. it wasn't on. the last time i had it was yesterday at the park. she ran off to get the babysitter at the train station. i really didn't think there was any hope of recovering the phone. but i did as i was told and biked back to the park. i was about to ask a nice elderly asian couple if they found a phone when i had a thought. i challenged the boys to a crab walk bear crawl race. sure enough. there was the phone. just sitting there in the grass. all wet. i raced home. and noticed i had gotten grease on my good pants. so i had to scrub them. and change before we could be off to see the bard. the phone wouldn't just charge when i plugged it in. so i removed the battery and just let it sit. apparently, a good way to dry a wet electronic device is to put it in a bag with rice. fortunately, i didn't need to try that. the phone worked when we got home. and it seems to be holding its charge just fine now. must say. that's the first time i've actually lost my phone. it was bound to happen. given my history with sunglasses. i'm surprised it took so long.