Lost & found. What a relief!

29th Dec (Mon)

Realised I lost my earring. Was resting on the floor after my shower, exhausted from scrubbing and clearing things in the PES for the last 2hrs. I touched my ears and realised nothing on my left side. I thought I just checked it when I was showering? Maybe it dropped in the shower? Checked the house, removed the drainage and pray hard it didn’t go down the drain.

Traced back the steps to basement, checked PES and near the outside PES gate area. Coz I went to the basement to throw lots of bulky stuffs. I cried when I realised it’s no where in sight 😭. No joke, a 50 yr-old crying over her earring like a little kid losing her toy.

Emotion-less hubby said "lost, then lost lor. Only earring what?!" Guess he didn't know how much this earring means to me. It’s jewellery k 我的大爷.

Sat in the room, pouty lips and the tears just couldn’t stop. 

So why did I cry? Coz hubby usually don’t buy anything for me, not on my birthday, anniversary or Valentine’s. He told me when we were newly married that if I want I can swipe his card to buy things for myself. His reasoning was coz he always have no idea what to buy for me even when we dating. “You’re flying you see more things than me. You don’t lack of anything as you can get things from all over the world while I can only get things for you in SIN. I may end up buying things you do not like.”

But have I gone crazy swiping his card for Hérmes, Chanel, LV or buying clothes all the time? Nope! Although I have access to his 🤫digit credit limit card I don’t go about buying things, not easy for him to be the sole breadwinner I cannot anyhow spend the money. If I was demanding, he owe me lots of presents over the years we’re married! 

24yrs x 3 presents per year = 72 presents.

When I saw this earrings I liked donkey years ago, I called him told the price and asked for permission. If losing this earring now means I probably won’t be able to buy another one this size for myself now that he’s retired. Must eat more instant noodles and drink rain water now, how to anyhow spend money?

My supp card

Hubby has never rejected when I call him for permission to get something. Ehh….infact I think this is the only huge purchase I made with his card with his permission. The other time was in Portland’s LV shop. I wanted to get another smaller wallet and scarf, did my research and compared prices between there and SIN. I save $$ despite the exchange rate coz it’s tax-free in Oregon! For dunno what reason I credit card didn’t do thru. So embarrassing 😆. I cleared all debts and asked for an increase in limit before the trip, hardly use it at all during the trip. So to save myself, I swiped with his card. I couldn’t call him, when I met him later at Apple store I told him I had to sign his card. He had no chance to oppose 😂.

Had to keep the other side first together with lil’ one’s missing solitaire also. Aiyah that girl ah! Lost it in school, how am I supposed to find it? Kids all running around would have kicked it away. Asked to go to the office to check but nobody submitted in a lost earring 😢

Was thinking I’m going to try to find it again tomorrow. Pray hard that I didn’t see properly coz it was dark. But if I lost it in basement I can also bade farewell to the earring. 

I picked up the remaining earrings. Worst come to worst I’d still need to come to terms with this lost treasured earring. I can perhaps make a small pendant with what I’m left with. 

I did the craziest thing to pray to 观音菩萨 please let me find it I can’t lose this at all. It’s the last thing that I have that is my present. 

30th Dec (Tue)

Went back to the PES. Despite my knee is painful I bent down to have a closer look. Eureka! It was at the bottom of shelf rack near lil’ one’s room. Wah…. So lucky the diamond not only can cut paper, it can withstand the water jet despite me splashing water so many times to move the leaves and dirts. Or maybe it dropped after I rinsed that part? Whatever it is, I’m glad I found my precious gift. I did look around the PES for the backing but couldn’t find it, maybe I washed that part down the drain? Anyway, that part is replaceable.

I cried for joy and shouted to hubby who was watching TV “ I found it! I found it! I found my earring!” The gloomy eeyore has finally brightened up, even brighter than a diamond. 

31st Dec (Wed)

Dropped by Goldheart in Parkway, bought a backing for $138. So they didn’t have to check whether my earring is from them or Lee Hwa, I can’t remember which jeweller I bought from. 

I haven’t worn this pair of rose gold earrings for a long time. Coz I’m usually lazy to change my earrings. 

Didn’t realise it’s a solitaire huge earring

I will have to check even more regularly now. I used to check every now and then in a day, now I shall put in more effort to check more intensive. No more losing the earrings please! 

Another question crossed my mind. If I really lost it, would hubby suggests to buy me another one? Hmm… pray hard I don’t lose it another time to find out the answer. 

Now I’m happy …. Akan datang while another bad news awaits me at home. tmd! Why so many things happening? Even one of my plank in my walk-in had to give way that things toppled on the floor? Am I able to find the time to look for the part?