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7. my schedule is flexible.  not everyone has the flexibility that i do.

 8. i have the ability to rearrange my plans to do what the company needs.  even tho sometimes, often, it feels like unthankfulness to have to rearrange my plans to cover someone else's need to be off work, i'm glad that i do have the ability to rearrange.

9. i found my keys.  i was at walmart, checked out, paid, headed out to the car.  and wouldn't you know, my keys were missing.  gone.  they weren't tucked in my skirt like they always are.  i went back inside, asked at customer service.  no, no one had turned in a set of keys.  so i went back to the book aisle.  and sure enough, there they were.  lying by the choice books rack.  same place i had stood and read snippets in several books.

 10. joann happened to be in the right place at the right time. she watched my cart while i went looking for my keys.  i briefly considered letting my cart by the car, but just as quickly realized that i had paid for this stuff already, i'm not too keen on letting it sit out for anyone to take.  so i turned around, wheeled my cart back to walmart.  joann was coming out as i was going in.  aren't you going the wrong way?  she asked.  so i told her how i lost my keys.  and she offered to watch my cart for me while i went back in and looked for my keys.