9.7.2010: Do I have to stay positive?

I'm going to be writing in reverse order...  There's so much to say and so much has been going on lately that I have to start somewhere.

So as I wrote before, I traveled this weekend, to Strasbourg, France.  Which meant that I took the train.  Which meant I was in charge of my own luggage the whole way.  Which meant that there was possibility that I could lose something.  Which meant I did.

And I lost the worst thing imaginable.

My purse.

Okay, so maybe it's not such a good idea to keep all your IDs- passport, driver's license, student card- all together in one place....  if you're going to lose it, you'll lose it all.  But that's what a purse is for, to keep everything organized (okay, maybe not....) and together.

Altogether I lost the following:
-about 50-60 Euros
-my Eurail pass
-my driver's license
-my MCard
-my ISIC card
-my health insurance card
-my small camera
-my cute Tinker Bell purse
-my glasses
-my passport

So money can be earned again....  and I've already lost money on this trip, so I've dealt with that before. Hey, at least I didn't bring my rent money too.

Though it would have been nice to put in my scrapbook, my Eurail pass is now expired.  With the help of the people at the Service Points, I got back to Hamburg just fine.

I guess since I didn't like my picture anyways, it'll be okay if I have to replace my driver's license, right?  Who wants a picture of chubby cheeks to memorialize?

Well, I had my MCard for four years.  Another missing scrapbook token, but something that can also be easily replaced....  sometimes it didn't swipe very well anyways.

ISIC card- don't bother even buying one...  I haven't used it yet.

Health insurance card- thankfully can be reprinted since it was just on paper anyways.

Small camera....  luckily it wasn't my big DSLR, which wouldn't fit.  And there was only two pictures on it that I hadn't retrieved off from it.  And I wasn't that fond of it and it's picture taking abilities.

My cute Tinker Bell purse.  Well, it was cheap and had lasted over four years.  I used it all the time, maybe it was time for a new one anyways.

My cute awesome purple glasses....  Even though it's kinda annoying to have to deal with no reading glasses right now, at least I'm not in school and it's a thousand times worse.  I'm not blind and can deal with the headaches until I get home.

However....

My passport is the tough one to turn into something positive.  But I've even done that.

I have a month and a half until I return home- luckily time isn't the issue.

And if I have to replace it, it means a trip to Berlin.  And possibly time off.  Road trip!

All in all, it just gives me a good reason to eat chocolate ice cream.  I need to be comforted in my time of crisis....