Back on track...and lessons learnt

Whoa....what a week, what a week! Finally, I got my debit card on Monday. Even though I haven't used it yet, I know it's a big deal because with that in my wallet, I feel safe and secure....don't even think about the word weird...you'll have a lot of chances as your read on..! I now have a cell phone that I got off of Ebay, but looks so old it might have been here on this planet before the Neanderthals. I have my credit card, my school ID, and my Qdoba card (nope, it's still not weird), my Sephora card, and CVS card. What I don't have is my health insurance card (which had expired anyway), my PA driver's license, my ACA membership card, my IN state ID card, my Gujarat state license, Philly CarShare number, my Borders card, and case number card given by my homeopathic doc. Yep, I'm almost back in the saddle...almost!

First of, I 'd like to thank the people who helped me during this "crisis". I have to mention them because I probably can't thank them enough in-person. I'll begin with my colleague(and my classmate), who suggested what I should do about this, especially since I was sort of in a shock. Thanks to one of the staff members who helped me a great deal with this by telling me what to do about this entire mess (he also checked up on me today....such a sweet guy). Thanks to my friend who got off work early to meet me so that I could activate my credit card to get my phone. NO thanks to AT&T peeps who don't keep Go-phones at their retail location and asked me to go to the worst Walmart in US (yes, the one in south Philly IS the worst) from which to get the instrument. And last but definitely not the least, one of my classmates whom I ran into at the AT&T store and who let me borrow her phone for "as long as I wanted".

So anyway, one of my friends said that I should look at this as a tough lesson and I agree with her. The most important thing that I learnt was DON'T TRUST YOUR CLIENTS! Well, not clients but crackheads! In fact, I even asked my therapist if I'd be able to become a counselor after this...if I'd be able to trust humans again and her answer was..."you don't trust them now, I don't think that would change anything". That was one good therapy session! Okay, so jokes apart (yep, that was supposed to be a joke, nc), I feel like I realized a very important thing...I cannot really be extremely independent. As I mentioned before, I ran into this classmate at the AT&T store and I don't know why (I guess because of the shock), I just blurted out my story to her. If you don't know me, I'm a very private person, so I don't know how that happened! Second, when she offered me to borrow her phone, I pulled a second 'not-Megsie'....I borrowed it! What the fuck was that? That's soooo not me...but it felt good, getting something you desperately needed. So yeah, I guess my therapist is going to be happy about that!

Anyway, I think the most important lesson learnt is that I need to lock my office whenever I leave, regardless of the time I'm going to be out...the office is gonna be locked even when I go to pee or make a photocopy. Also, I'm going to be using the cheapest phone and wallet available in the market so I feel a lot more secure. Finally, I'm going to get a gun and keep it with me at all times....kiddingggg.....only when I'm at my internship site. Sarah Palin's going to be proud of me (couldn't resist)