5/29/25

 I was able to get the remainder of my laundry done today! For some reason, that just makes me stand a little taller with that off my “to do” list. But there will always be more!

Penny’s tush is healing nicely. The swelling is down, she seems more comfortable. She isn’t making noises like she is being murdered as she tries to do her “business”….see..it sounds very official.

My in-laws were on their way into town for Cousin’s Weekend. It is always something we all look forward to. I sent a text to see how their trip was going. It is such a LONG drive for them. About 8 hours or so.

They finally crossed into New York and stopped at the Angola rest area on the Thruway. As they returned to the car, my nephew realized he couldn’t find his phone. Ugh!

Everyone knows that feeling. Did I misplace it? Was it stolen? Is someone hiding it on me?

After some searching my sister in law checked the app and the phone had already started traveling down the thruway….but they weren’t in their car.

If someone stole it, they had to be the world’s dumbest criminal. Luckily the phone was traveling in the same direction as they were.

My nephew suffered from a downward spiral of grieving the loss of his phone. I have been in this low spot many times. We depend on our phones so much, it is crippling without them.

As they left the thruway and exited toward Rochester, the phone was also traveling in that direction. They ended up having to make a stop. My sister in law, Julie watched the phone on the app and tracked it to a specific address.

We chatted (because I was invested in this phones activities for today) and I used the address to find a name and phone number. Julie connected with the people and sure enough, Marcus’s phone was on a running board of this vehicle and remained there all the way from the Angola rest area. WOW!

They since have reunited the phone with Marcus. Marcus has had a significant positive change in his mood ever since. Yay!!!! Julie and I played detective and we won!

I am excited to see my in-laws tomorrow.