Lost & Found!

So I lost my wedding ring last week and I was totally flipping out trying to find it. I only discovered it was missing because we were packing to go away for the weekend (church retreat), and I couldn't for the life of me remember positively when the last time I wore it was...much less what I was wearing at the time! I looked through all my pant and jacket pockets, but to no avail. The whole weekend, I felt a little naked without the ring. And I felt just awful that I'd lost something so important. Bob & I were thinking of where it could possibly be, and eventually decided that one of us would need to look through the trash just in case (I usually put the ring on my dresser which is right next to the trash). When we got back, I checked all my pockets again just in case and then I pulled on some gloves and carefully went through the trash - opening up each crumpled (and dried up) tissue just to make sure the ring hadn't fallen inside. I also had to look in the clumps of hair and nail clippings. Ugh. It was GROSS and a little smelly. And I didn't end up finding the ring in there. So it was all for nothing! :( And I was all out of ideas of where else to look for it. But then, today, I tried thinking of where else the ring could be. I thought maybe the ring had slipped out of my pant pocket when I'd taken them off and put them on a pile of boxes in the room. So I peeked behind the boxes, and there it was!! Resting nice and neat on the clean carpet. Sigh! But yay! I found my ring! Now, I'm going to be much more careful with it. Whew!