"What once was lost has now been found..."

Myapologies for not posting these past couple of days but I've been on a miniature quest for lost relics of unquantifiable value.

I'm usually pretty good at finding things quickly. It's rare that I misplace something longer than a few days. In fact, my friends usually recruit me to find objects in their own rooms that they have misplaced. Thus, I've been a bit out of sorts in trying to find my string lights
as well as - I later discovered was misplaced - my passport. I wracked my brain and tore it apart trying desperately to think of where these items could be before reverting to a tactic I had never thought worked. I thought hard about where I had left it last. My criticism of this has
always been “Well, if I could remember where I had it last, it wouldn't be lost.” Also, I had already done this and was still unable to find what I was looking for. Yet I tried again, reverse remembering why I had put it where I had (a shelf under a canvas box), what it actually looked like and why I would have thought to move it. IT WORKED!

My passport I had moved to a more secure location. I remembered this first then recalled that I had put it inside my money belt then inside... my trunk!

One down. One to go.

With the string lights, this process did not work. I had not seen these things since January. The last place I could picture them was in another state. Finding them really consisted of looking in the one place I hadn't. I hadn't checked this place yet because it was dusty and difficult to reach. Of course, this is where I found my string lights. Go figure. I guess this means my skills of detection are back.

"There's something lost that can't be found..."

I began sorting through all my junk to find the good stuff that’s coming with me to school. With the miraculous wonders that are space bags, I managed to fit all my bedding into a neat little cube.
During the excavation of my room, I was unable to find a set of string lights that I absolutely love. This saddens me as 1) those string light are the perfect level of light for watching movies, and 2) I CAN’T FIND THEM! I hate it when I can’t find something in a small space, like a drawer or my room. It should be there, wherever you left it, yet that spot always manages to hide behind some random materialization of antimatter. There are some typical items that get sucked into this vortex; keys and socks especially, as well as phone numbers, tools, and other items. Apparently we can add string lights to that list.