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Jan. 8th, 2024 10:25 amOne of life's little mysteries: A little bit over a week ago, when I was getting in supplies for the New Year's party, I bought a bottle of soda water which vanished as soon as I got it home. I had a distinct memory of taking the shopping bag containing the bottle out of the car, but I couldn't remember specifically what I'd done with it inside the house, and I couldn't find it anywhere. It wasn't a small bottle, either.
I found it this morning. It was still in the shopping bag, which had been sitting in plain sight on the living room floor the whole time.
The thing is, I keep my living room mostly tidy by means of having a designated area of allowed clutter, which I work on when I can and which my brain skips over the rest of the time. When I was bringing the shopping in, I'd put down that one bag for a moment too close to the clutter, and it had instantaneously been absorbed into the mass and become invisible.
It became visible again this morning because I was adding some empty bottles (including the bottle of soda water I'd bought to replace the one that went missing) to the bag where I collect empty bottles for the deposit return. As I did, I noticed another bag nearby with a bottle-shaped lump in the side, and decided to check it to make sure I hadn't accidentally started two separate bottle collections.
(The bottle of soda water is fine, as far as I can tell. Being left out for a week doesn't do much to soda water. The loaf of bread that was also in the shopping bag is, alas, not so lucky.)
I found it this morning. It was still in the shopping bag, which had been sitting in plain sight on the living room floor the whole time.
The thing is, I keep my living room mostly tidy by means of having a designated area of allowed clutter, which I work on when I can and which my brain skips over the rest of the time. When I was bringing the shopping in, I'd put down that one bag for a moment too close to the clutter, and it had instantaneously been absorbed into the mass and become invisible.
It became visible again this morning because I was adding some empty bottles (including the bottle of soda water I'd bought to replace the one that went missing) to the bag where I collect empty bottles for the deposit return. As I did, I noticed another bag nearby with a bottle-shaped lump in the side, and decided to check it to make sure I hadn't accidentally started two separate bottle collections.
(The bottle of soda water is fine, as far as I can tell. Being left out for a week doesn't do much to soda water. The loaf of bread that was also in the shopping bag is, alas, not so lucky.)
