Alternate lines of thought
Monday, May 27th, 2024 10:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
flwyd(1) How the heck did I misplace a 4-foot 20-pound bag of tent poles?
(2) Who would steal half of a heavy tent, especially when the bag of poles is in the same corner as steel tubes with more obvious scrap metal value?
Yesterday, I packed the truck for a festival next weekend. While trying to fall asleep last night I said "Oh, I forgot to grab the poles, that would be important. This morning I searched the shed, the other shed, the other-other shed, and the garage with confusion. I remember setting it up in the back yard in mid-April to dust off after the eclipse. I remember taking it down in a bit of a hurry because rain was coming. I remember the empty pole bag was hanging on the back of a chair, since it's accumulated a lot of playa dust over the years. But I'm pretty sure I remember putting it in the usual corner of the shed, and there's not a lot of places for a bag of Kodiak tent poles to hide around this house.
Added, Tuesday: (3) Did I disassociate while packing the truck?
Crisis averted. The poles were where they were supposed to be all along, and packing them was such a pedestrian task that I didn't remember I had done it. Clearly I need more sleep. Which I can get, in the mountains, in my nice big tent :-)
(2) Who would steal half of a heavy tent, especially when the bag of poles is in the same corner as steel tubes with more obvious scrap metal value?
Yesterday, I packed the truck for a festival next weekend. While trying to fall asleep last night I said "Oh, I forgot to grab the poles, that would be important. This morning I searched the shed, the other shed, the other-other shed, and the garage with confusion. I remember setting it up in the back yard in mid-April to dust off after the eclipse. I remember taking it down in a bit of a hurry because rain was coming. I remember the empty pole bag was hanging on the back of a chair, since it's accumulated a lot of playa dust over the years. But I'm pretty sure I remember putting it in the usual corner of the shed, and there's not a lot of places for a bag of Kodiak tent poles to hide around this house.
Added, Tuesday: (3) Did I disassociate while packing the truck?
Crisis averted. The poles were where they were supposed to be all along, and packing them was such a pedestrian task that I didn't remember I had done it. Clearly I need more sleep. Which I can get, in the mountains, in my nice big tent :-)
