Monday, September 12, 2011

The Binder Dilemma.

Over the years, there has been one school item that I have spent more money on than any other school supply. Paper, pencils, you name it. None can compare to the unfathomable amount of money I have invested in binders.

Typically people buy one binder a year, right? Not me. No, I have to buy at least two. My freshman year I had to buy three.

Why? Well, for one thing, binders break on me ALL THE TIME. Almost every binder I have ever owned has in some way deteriorated. I've had covers fall off, rings refuse to close, rings refuse to open, rips and tears, zippers falling off...you name it, it's happened. Not just to the cheap plastic ones, either. My horrible experience with binders includes those fancy, expensive, "durable" cloth zipper binders.

And when my binders don't break, something else happens to them. They tend to vanish.

Not kidding. Last year, around November, I put my backpack and my binder in my trunk before my last class. Apparently, my backpack had gotten caught in the door and the trunk didn't close all the way. I didn't know that, however, so after my last class, I got into my car and drove off. Somewhere along the way I noticed my door ajar light was on. Immediately I wondered if it was my trunk, because I remembered it may not have shut all the way. Sure enough, that was it.

The trunk was still mostly closed, so I was going to wait until my destination to shut it. Well, on the way, I hit a huge bump in the road and the trunk flew open, at which point I pulled over and shut the trunk.

The next day, I couldn't find my binder anywhere. I looked EVERYWHERE. It was gone. Then I remembered the trunk incident, and decided that my binder was not coming back. So I bought a new one.

Well, this new one has now lasted almost a year. Which, I should know, is always a bad sign. My binders NEVER go this long without breaking or disappearing.

Today, it was gone.

I had no idea where it went.

I woke up this morning, and it was sitting right where it should be, next to my backpack. I went downstairs with my backpack and (I thought) my binder. Got in the car. Went to school. Put my books in my classroom. No binder.

Naturally, I assume I left it in the car. So I go check. No binder.

Okay...I must have left it at home then. So during my break I go home. I check the living room. No binder.

I check my bedroom. No binder.

I check the bathroom, under my bed, the car once more.

No binder.


Really??? Again? How does a binder just vanish?

The funny thing is, it's actually the same binder that fell out of the trunk. Well, not exactly the same. But the same type. I was lucky enough to find the exact same binder--on clearance, and the last one in stock at that--when I went to go buy a new one last year.

I was about to give up on binders, when miraculously my binder reappeared...under the passenger seat in the car...where I had already looked...TWICE.

Seriously though, I'm never buying another binder again. Maybe I'll have better luck with folders.

6 comments:

  1. Funny how that happens right? I can't count how many times I've lost something, looked for it forever and it turns up in a place where I already looked 5 times. Usually it's my dad who finds it and he isn't happy that I made a big deal about it. :P

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  2. hahaha! kayla this is SO hilarious! <3 <3

    p.s. i hope you have a happy 18th birthday!! when is your special day?

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  3. too funny! sounds like something that would happen to me. ;P

    thank you for your sweet words on my blog. they were perfect. also, thanks for following. glad to have you along...:)

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  4. On the grooveshark, I just altered my playlists and deleted a few. What was confusing? And how did the game go? and look, I brought some more ppl to read your blog :)(sure they have been posting for a while but I just wanted to point that out) Im sooo coool :P LOL. Haha actually no, I'm just weird.

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  5. Ok, well let me know if the grooveshark still doesnt make sense. And i brought Mem and her sister. (lowercase letters and Purposely at home) I just realized you prob didn't know that lol. Anyway yeah. And you'll just have to beat them next time if you play them again. And yes I know. But it's the pic he gave me lol.

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  6. i am such a snooper... y'all's converstations are so entertaining :)

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