These last week or so seems to have been nothing but stressful. First off, my wallet was stolen while we were at the Park City Walmart last wednesday. I thought Mike had grabbed it out of the shopping cart, but apparently he didn't. When we went back for it, it was gone. Mike went back after he got off work to see if it had turned up yet. While he was there, one of the cashiers mentioned a couple who had come through the store attempting to make a $1500 purchase. They tried three different cards (I happened to have three cards in my wallet) and each one was declined (I had called and canceled my cards as soon as we realized the wallet was missing). When the cards didn't work the cashier asked for ID the couple said "never mind" and left. Whether or not this couple had my wallet, there own, or some other poor soul's, I don't know. But it makes me sick that someone would just take a wallet they found rather than taking them to the lost and found or even the police (we did file a police report thingy too). I have consequently deemed Walmart the portal to hell where all the evil people come to prey on innocent, poor mothers/house wives like me. I have since promised never to shop there again. Mike thinks I am just being ridiculous, but I am being serious. To make the whole stolen-wallet thing worse, my social security card was in my wallet. So I had to go all the way to Provo to the SS administration building to order a new one and get the information I needed to set up a fraud alert. I'm am still afraid someone is going to sell my card to some illegal who is going to ruin my life. It has just been a huge headache.
A few days after the wallet incident I found out that my eldest brother and his wife are splitting up. I wasn't terribly surprised to hear this, but it still came as a significant shock. They have been married for something like 10 years and things have gotten to a point where he wanted to call it quits. Its a sad thing. I just hope that everything turns out okay for them both. We all love them and wish the best for them.
These two dramas have been rather stressful, but we were able to relieve some at our monthly game night with some of my cousins. All of us are about the same age and the same stage of life. one family has a six month old, another is expecting their first in September, and the other is looking to adopt and are now just waiting. I love being able to spend time with people like me. As much as I love being a graduate and living in a normal ward with my family close by and all, I do miss being around other young new families. It makes me feel normal, something I don't get to often among my everyday surroundings.
Abram has become a semi-independent baby since he has started crawling and cruising, leaving me with a bit more spare time to work with in my day. I have taken the opportunity to practice my sewing a bit. I have made a hooded jacket and I think I am going to make a shirt next.
Though drama will always be a part of life, there will always be opportunities to relieve it. And thank goodness for that.
