you don't know what you have until you lose it.

It's gone. *sniffle, sniffle* It's really goooooooooone!!

What's that, Reader? What's gone? Well, besides my pride, integrity, and ability to stop myself from asking people what caterpillars are afraid of (by the way, the answer is dogarpillars), my wallet that I was hoping was just  stupidly misplaced is g-g-gooooone! 

At about 10:31AM yesterday morning, my heart was officially broken and depleted and replaced with defeat and shame. I phoned the restaurant from the night before at 10:30AM asking about my lost wallet. 

"Hang on"

They set the phone down and after listening to muffled voices, heavy breathing and rubbish... a voice came back on and asked me to please  be calm and stop breathing so hard.

"Sorry. No wallet here."

And that's when I realized from this day on, I would be a changed person. No, really. Not just cause of the tragedy that keeps making my eyes teary (no.. i'm not crying, i... i.. just yawned?) but that I was now at risk of identity theft. 

"Thank you for calling the identity theft hotline, your call will be answered shortly" I can't believe that this is me. A potential victim of ID theft.

"Identity theft hotline, this is Charly/Charlie."

Me: "......."

I truthfully couldn't tell you how the rest of the conversation went, I was too distracted trying to figure out if I was speaking to a man or a woman. The voice and mystery of this person caught my attention as if I was a kitten in a basket and somebody dangled yarn in front me.

The pros of this situation:
-No money was/has been stolen
-No cash was in the wallet
-I needed a new wallet anyways,this will finally make me get one. Am I moving on too fast?

The cons:
-my wallet was stolen.
-I could lose my Id
-I'm now haunted by the mystery of charlie/charly
-I lost all my movie ticket stubs I've accumulated since 11th grade.
-I was ONE meal away from a free meal, and that proof was in my wallet.