Forgetfulness and Lost Items

Craigley once told ASid that the latter might one day lose his underwear at school! Quite the exaggerated statement to make‎, but most parents berate their children with such words on occasion.

ASid has lost the usual hats, mittens and ‎scarves at school. He has lost the usual water bottles and lunch bags as well. Most kids lose these "usual" items. Some parents buy backups of these items; helps them cope better!

‎Last year, Hans lost his snow pants at school. Hans is usually super careful, and this was the first item he ever lost. It was like he skipped a few steps in between! There was this one mom who kept insisting she saw Hans' snow pants in the lost and found bins. However, every time I checked the very same bins, I did not find Hans' snow pants. Towards the end of winter, this very same mom brought Hans' snow pants to me. She claimed something like it was her civic duty to prove to me that she did see Hans' snow pants and she also revealed that her son has the exact snow pants; then, she went onto say that someone could have borrowed Hans' pants?! This mom literally dug a hole for herself as she kept talking. I never looked at her the same way again after that conversation. But I digress!

This post is about Craigley's frustration with ASid's forgetfulness. ‎The worst ASid ever forgot to bring home was his clarinet. It should have been brought back on the last day of Grade 8. We only found out about this towards the end of the summer holidays when we were doing an inventory check for what ASid needed for Grade 9 at his new high school. The clarinet was one of the needed items!

Lucky for ASid that he had a late start on the first day of high school. He had enough time to swing by his former school and retrieve ‎his clarinet. Lucky for him that the clarinet was still in the music room! He was also fortunate that the principal and the music teacher allowed him inside of the school building on what is probably the busiest day of the school year!

Such instances start Craigley off on his ranting about ‎how ASid is so good at losing or forgetting stuff that the day is not far for him to lose his underwear as well!

When I hear Craigley talk like that to ASid, I am reminded of the times when Craigley left for work without his work phone or his wallet or his lunch. It has happened several times! However, I guess it is alright to lose or forget stuff when you are a parent?! To be fair to Craigley, he must want his son to be better than him?! Isn't that what we strive for as parents?!

‎I will not go into much detail here; however on our most recent vacation, Craigley lost his driver's license. ASid was the one who helped me retrace our steps from the day before and waited patiently at a one-of-a-kind City Hall’s lost and found for over half an hour. While we went through that exercise, not once did ASid gloat over this ironic twist in the tale. I guess ASid handled it better than one of his parents! Craigley should be proud of a job accomplished!

Forgetting and losing, and dealing with it...Like father (un)like son!