Wish I'd have paid more attention

It's been an interesting 24 hrs. First, I had a gift card stolen from me by the cashier at Wal Mart. I remembered she hadn't handed it to me about 5 min after I left the store, so I immediately pulled over in a parking lot and checked all my bags to see if she put it in there. Nope. No where. I knew I didn't have it in the first place, so I immediately called the store and asked them to check with the cashier if she still had it. They came back and said it wasn't there and she didn't know where it was. I was told to call back. Long story short, (and 4 hrs later...) I walk into Wal Mart customer service, hand them my recipet and ask them to look again. They knew exactly which register I was at and what time I was there. When the search came back empty, I asked security to look at the tapes of the register during the time I was there. Sure enough, the manager came back saying, "we can see she certainly didn't give you the card in the first place". She wasn't on the clock during the time I was there talking to security, and I'm pretty sure she won't be anytime soon. She pocketed the gift card. Thankfully, Wal Mart was really good about replacing the card for me and very apologetic. If they'd have given me any trouble at all I never would've been back in there.

Then there were parent teacher conferences. Always the same stuff. What do they want me to do?? I can't go to class with him and make sure his completed homework actually makes it back into the teacher. Follow through has always been an issue. We're working on it, and hopefully the teachers will be more helpful now that we've met all together as a team.

A half hr after we got home, the bishop called and asked if we could help out with a gal that had just come into town and didn't have a suitable place to stay. She's been staying at the bishop's home for a few days, and I think they needed a break. She's from Lima, Peru. Lisette is here on a work program that is through her university in Lima. She'll be here for 3 months. I don't think we're supposed to have her that long though, since she's got a hotel room. The manager at the hotel wanted her to stay in a room with some strange man also in the program. We're working on getting that changed. I'd NEVER let my daughter stay in a strange country with a strange man in the same room. What was that manager thinking?? He must not have a daughter. Anyway, I'm finding I wish I'd paid more attention in spanish class all those years ago. Thankfully, more of my spanish is coming back as we try to communicate. So far, so good. She's got cousins in NYC that got her in touch with the bishop here so we could help her out. She's LDS and it's been interesting to talk to her about the differences of our country and cultures. I think she's missing her chicken, rice and beans though!