A couple of weeks ago a package was delivered on a day I had taken off from work. I knew from the Levenger label on the box that it was my birthday gift. A couple of weeks prior I had shown Nathan the page on the website that held my heart’s desire and he wound up ordering it. Even though it wasn’t exactly going to be a surprise, he had hoped to surprise me with remembering what I had asked for.
What was delivered was this bag:
Nathan, though disappointed, was kind enough to let me start using it right away and I must say this is the best bag I’ve ever had. What I wanted to do is take a picture of my actual bag with all the stuff I’ve managed to stuff into it, but I don’t have the time or the ambition to do that today. Let’s just say it comfortably fits two Jhumpa Lahiri books, an IBM laptop computer, a PDA, a couple of small notepads, my glasses, a travel mug of coffee, an iPod, several pens and highlighters and Lois Tyson’s Critical Theory Today.
Yesterday I brought this bag to the library along with a spare tote for the books I planned on taking back with me. Since I was already carrying two bags, I left my purse at home and put my driver’s license and a small wallet with credit cards in my back pocket. This would be the brand new driver’s license the State of Michigan issued to me yesterday. It was just a piece of paper stapled to my old license, which is why, when my husband decided to be helpful this morning and wash my jeans, the license disintegrated in the wash. Yeah, I forgot to pull it out of my back pocket.
I told Nathan he should always check the pockets of things before he washes them, which he knew was total BS because I never do that. Just ask him how many times he’s heard me howl when I realize I’ve left a tube of Blistex in my pants pocket and wind up pulling a load of clothes covered with dark, waxy splotches out of the dryer.
I was told two to four weeks until I get my new license. The old one is intact, save for the corner that was lopped off to indicate it is no longer valid. I have my new registration and figure if I find myself in a pickle I should be able to prove that I’m an upstanding citizen with a valid license that’s probably on it’s way to me as we speak.
Oh, and my water didn’t get turned off today. So that’s good news. Happy Birthday to me!
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Happy Birthday!!! What an awesome bag!
I can’t tell though, what color is it? Tan/green? 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
That is a wonderful bag! I’m so glad you got what you wanted most.
I laughed at your description of washing clothes…I am the SAME way…and have muttered the same things after having so many things left in our pockets….pens, blistex, gum…you name it. You’d think I’d learn…but I don’t.
Hope your day is a wonderful one and you enjoy each moment!!!
Lindsay-Thanks! The bag is tan with brown handles.
Kristi-Thank you!
And I never learn when it comes to checking laundry. I haven’t washed any Blistex lately, but I have forgotten to take some stickers off Autumn’s clothing before sending it through.
Happy Birthday! I love the bag! I love about 75% of everything in the Levenger catalog, actually. But that bag rocks!
Happy Birthday! Sounds like you’ve had an interesting week! I get to renew my license this year too (my birthday’s next month), but lucky for me, we can renew once online and use the old picture. Also lucky for me that I got a decent picture last time! So, now I don’t have to take my 20 month old down to wait for hours! yay!
This post made me laugh because I just washed a tube of chapstick yesterday and have been pissed about it ever since. And I washed a pair of my scrubs with my I Voted sticker on it, so I have to turn them back in with a big oval fuzzy blob on them. I am the WORST at checking pockets.
But yay for Nathan doing laundry! Happy birthday to you!
What Lahiri books?
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