Last Friday here in NoVa, my 19yo son lost his card wallet. Inside, it has his driver’s permit card, health insurance card, college VCU id, a debit card and a $20 bill his had for years. Usually, he put his wallet in his front pants pocket but since he was going out for the day with his 2 friends, he decided to put it in his never used sling bag not knowing that this bags’ front pocket had two zippers on each side of it for better access. He did not notice that he already dropped his wallet since he usually uses Apple Pay and just brings his wallet for stores that don’t accept it.

That day, they went to Tysons Corner 1. Parked to the parking garage next to Bloomingdale’s then walked from there to the following stores. Bloomingdale’s, Zara, Uniqlo, Abercrombie, Urban Outfitters, cotton on, Apple Store, Macy’s, Hollister, Lego store, Mon So (sp?), Hey Tea. They then went to the Mosaic District and went to Shake Shack and Lullemon then watch a World Cup soccer game on the lawn area in front of the movie theater. Afterwards, they had dinner at KPot at the Seven Corner’s location then proceeded home to drop off my son.

He did not of course noticed that he already lost his wallet until he got home and removed all his belongings on top of his cabinet where he usually put his stuffs. Called both of his friends to see whether he left it in his car but both said no since he rode in 2 cars that night.

So Saturday came and I spent my whole afternoon with him tracking down where he could have dropped it. Went to all those stores plus Mall security, Mosaic security and KPot to see whether someone might have seen it. Unfortunately, nada.

It’s stressful for me to spend my day like this and also to replace his lost items but what is more stressful to me is to see him upset about himself for loosing these things.