When I was taking my cousin Sarah back to the airport after Jack's funeral, I failed to exit at the airport exit, heading instead on my usual route to Silverado. By the time I corrected, Sarah missed her plane and had to wait 4 hours for the next one. Couldn't believe I did that!
Up until today, those are the big frustrations I remember. But, today is WORSE! It all started with a purchase I made at a shop on Jekyll Island. I bought this 550 piece jigsaw puzzle.
My plan was to work on it leisurely while watching my TV shows. So, last Wednesday after I got home from Bible Study Fellowship, I decided to set up my table and my puzzle and start working it.
Well, you would have thought I was working against the clock. There was nothing "leisurely" about my efforts. "Frantic" might be a better description. I even went to choir Wednesday night, and I think I still had all the edge pieces assembled by bedtime. (Not that bedtime was reasonably early.)
Last night I didn't quit until midnight! Not even watching TV. Just keeping on putting in "just one more piece then I'm going to bed." So, this morning, after just five days, I completed it--sort of. Here it is.
You may not be able to tell, but I sure can! There are two pieces missing.
Now I can just read all your minds. "She dropped them and Charleigh-Girl ate them." But I was sooo careful, and I honestly don't think I did or she did! And I'm sure it's physically impossible for two pieces to be missing from the factory. They were in a sealed plastic bag! So what happened?
I guess I won't be glueing this one together like I have many in the past! And I won't be buying another puzzle! My back was already killing me, even before having to crawl around the rug looking for the missing pieces!
So I guess I'll just have to live with being a "recliner potato."
Oh, my gosh. What a nice leisurely hobby. NOT! I had a puzzle once in the classroom - an AZ map of some sort. By the time it was finished, there was one piece missing, so one of my gifted students cut, padded, and colored one to fit. It was a work of art! But that doesn't help you. What would the factory do? Send you a new puzzle, and then you'd look to find the ones you needed or do the puzzle again? By the way, it's a beautiful puzzle except for the holes :-).
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