Second guessing myself......I was loading my truck up to make a long drive from my farm in KY back to my house in California. I was running a few days late in leaving.....packed up a few bags full of things, my broken computer......in one bag, I stuck my silver flute in the bottom of the bag which I was planning on practicing to play at our Christmas service when I returned to KY......it was the catch all bag that I stuffed everything I was going to go through when I got back to Calif. While putting all the bags into the back seat of my truck....my mind told me that I really should put my flute under the truck seat & not leave it in the bag I had stuffed it into......but I was running late & thought....nothing could possibly happen anyway.

Got the truck loaded & headed off down the highway in the afternoon....first night....no problem....next night.....ran out of gas on the highway driving into Albuquerque,....got into the hotel 6 late that night.....crashed in the room with my dog Leo.....went out to my truck the next morning to get an early start & my truck had been broken into....the only bad that had been stolen was the one with all my receipts & the one that had my flute in it.....turned out the guy who checked me into the hotel stole my debit card ID...& the bag was a coverup......the flute was so deep in the bag that it wasn't what they were after....but they got it anyway....if I had just put my flute under the seat like my mind had told me to do....it wouldn't have been stolen. That is one loss that has really crushed me as I will never be able to afford to replace it & the police refused to prosecute or even go after the guy who stole my ID. I hate it when I second guess what I know is the best thing to do.

That night mare has stuck with me for years now.....will stick with me the rest of my life I'm sure. I have been able to let go of the pain.....but the memory lingers on.