the peg.0

Okay, this will be a familiar story for each and every one of you readers. Although the subject may change, essentially the central theme will somewhat be constant.
Tonight I wandered out of my humble little hotel room in Mackay (North QLD), and ventured out to do some laundry. The need was dire, considering I was somewhat unsupported beneath my trousers and due to these being skinny jeans, this could lead to damage. So I shuffled over to the laundromat, which just quietly, is NOTHING like the ones in the movies.
So I did my washing and threw it all in the dryer… EXCEPT one tshirt, a very special one that I didn’t want to be put through the rigours of the tumble dryer. So I pinched two pegs from the clothesline and wandered back to my room. Now SOMEHOW in the short distance between my front door and my bedroom, I lost a peg.
While this may not be an issue to most people, it was to me. I needed that peg. I chose that peg. I wanted THAT peg. So I looked for it. I looked for 2 hours. My hotel room is far from big. In-fact it is made up of two rooms. The fact I couldn’t find it, made me very annoyed. What had I done wrong to lose this peg. WHY did this higher power find it comical, to hide not both pegs, just ONE. I refused to go and get another, as I wanted that peg.

I must digress for fear of losing the reader at this point, but there is a point to this story.
I find it quite interesting about the human mind that we can find something that essentially may seem replaceable, not realise it’s worth, do something stupid and lose it…. then go to extremes to get it back. Sometimes, you have to give up and learn from it, other times if you do get that chance to get it back. Never let it go.

Ps. I found the peg in the morning. It fell in my camera bag.

(Whilst I have clearly written this little post and personified a peg, the statement is based on a material object and must be rewritten in your head if applying this to a person, I do not think of people as objects, but if I wrote it that way it wouldn’t make sense)