At the Book Cafe when I buy several things for a trip to the Retreat Center. Margaret stamps the items with a yellow "5-15" and wraps them in brown paper. In the meantime Frank is waiting outside in the car, and I go about looking for a bathroom. I find one where the person before has not flushed the toilet and there is a big turd floating in the bowl. I flush it and it disappears. I return, looking for large cardboard package and I cannot find it. Margaret is very busy, but she hands me a list of items that were lost at the Book Cafe. It is outdated but I look it over anyhow. I still cannot find my large cardboard package. But I still have my small package and lay it on the counter while I put on my coat. I run outside to tell Frank that I will be late. I return to look for the small package and can't find it now. Again I ask Margaret where it might be. She is very busy sorting books and says it was right there. I am just about to leave when Earl comes in and whispers in my ear!! He says "It is not yet official; but we are joining a certain church in N. Town, and we will be more active. We will have a celebration next Sunday," and he invites us to come down. I still am looking for that package and can't find it.
I am on the top deck of a boat going upstream to the Retreat Center. I see the landscape go by and think how clever that I got on without paying. I do have my purse next to me, but not the packages I bought at the Book Cafe......