Isthmus Be My Lucky Day?

In April of 1999, I did something that I never would have done in the past. I went out to a local Sunglass Hut and bought (what was for me) a very expensive pair of sunglasses.

In the past, I was famous for losing or sitting on sunglasses. So, I never spent more than a few bucks on a pair – figuring that they would be ruined or misplaced shortly after I got them.

However, in April of 1999, I started working in New Jersey (as opposed to Manhattan – where I had worked since the summer of 1985). This meant that I would be driving to work everyday and no longer taking mass transit. So, my wife convinced me to go out and get a really good pair of sunglasses – as I would need them in the car. I ended up getting a pair of Serengeti glasses. I can’t remember actually what I paid for them – but it was around two hundred bucks.

Naturally, I babied these suckers. I treated them like they were made out of gold – because, to me, they were…considering what I paid for them.

And, as the years went by, I did a good job of making sure that they were kept pristine and out of harm’s way. Then, in March of 2006 – after nursing these puppies for seven years – I lost them. It was just about the time that I went to Sam Walker’s book party. I also had my car worked on around that time. So, I figured that either someone from the parking garage (that I used for Sam’s party in NYC) or the mechanic shop lifted them on me (out of the car). And, I was pissed about it – for a long time.

Now, just today, almost two and a half years later, I start ripping through the glove box in my car – looking for a tire gauge. In doing so, I noticed that there was a back-end of the compartment that was sorta-sunken and not easy to see unless you emptied out the whole thing – which I did today.

And, what did I find – way back there in the glove box? It was the eye-glass case with my legendary Serengeti sunglasses…the same ones that I gave up for dead back in March of 2006.

Wow. What a find. Life is funny. You never know what can happen at any given moment. Same as baseball. I guess that’s why I enjoy baseball so much…

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