Julie_Kim's Blog

So, it's the second day of a brand new year. A BRAND NEW YEAR, fresh start, fresh slate, better times ahead, so I thought. I'm working on a story about gas prices going up. My photographer and I camp out in the parking lot of the Lukoil on Delaware Ave and Spring Garden. I go in to use the restroom and absentmindedly left my wallet in the bathroom. I didn't realize this until HOURs later and after I had returned to the station. I panicked. I called my husband and he and I frantically started calling credit card companies to cancel, KNOWING the wallet packed with several gift cards, some cash etc was already long gone.

We went back to the Lukoil on a lark. Lo and behold, the woman at the register, Rosaline Bansura remembed me and had my wallet for me. I tried desperately to reward her with cash or whatever, all I got was a laugh, her name and my wallet back.

That was a nice lesson for me. I need to stop assuming the worst. It's so much easier you know? First lessons of '08. Have a little more faith. And don't leave your wallet in the bathroom next time, dummy!