Now where did I put that? I know it was right here last time I saw it. Let's see now, it was in a box just like that one. No, it's not here. Oh, I know, I have some boxes just like that one out in the garage. Okay, now on which shelf did I put those boxes? Ah, I see them. No, not that one, good! I labeled those, so it's not there. How about on those shelves behind the dresser... Nope, not there. I remember now, it's in a box in the closet in the spare bedroom. Darn, why is it I can never find anything when I want it? Hey what's this? Oh, good, I've been looking for this for some time. Now let's seewhere can I put it, so I don't forget it. I'm going to take this box and put it in the office so I can sort things out. What was I doing? Oh, I know. I've been looking for that darn thing for so long now; I almost forgot what I was looking for. Well, I looked in the office and the garage. I checked the closet in the spare bedroom. I know it's not upstairs. Of course, the closet under the stairs. Oh, wow. I've got to clean this out. There are probably all kinds of stuff I've been looking for in here. No, I haven't moved that pile since I last saw it, so it can't be there. This pile I put here when we had company and I didn't have time to finish sorting it, but I know it was in one of those boxes. Not those boxes, I haven't touched those in some time.

All right, let's go back over it again. It was sometime last week, or was it the week before when I last had it. I put it down for a few minutes because I had some other things to do. Hmm. I can't remember when I got back to it. Did I get back to it? I must have, that's when I put it in the box. Now that box is full of things I was sorting. So, it's got to be in the garage. This wall is everything left from our last move. There are the tools. And those shelves just have the lighting, plumbing, mechanical, paint and empty containers that I will need. On that wall is the computer junk, a lot of my good collectibles, the things I want to sell on e-bay, all our sports stuff, some of the books and vhs tapes. Now I already looked on those other shelves and it wasn't there. What about above the freezer? No, that's just excess from the kitchen and bathrooms. So it's not in the garage. It's not in the closets. It's not in the office. I know it's not in either of the storerooms outside. It's got to be somewhere.

O'migosh, look at the time. I got so much to do. Where does the time go? I'll have to look for it later. I don't have any time now.

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