So, a few weeks back, I started charging my iPod at my computer. Usually, I charge my iPod using the soundbar installed above my TV, so it's nice and out of range of Fifi's exploring hands. However, recently, the iPod dock on the soundbar has been acting squirrely, so I'm somewhat forced to charge using an actual computer, the location of which does not provide the same level of natural defense against toddler klepto.
Lo and behold, before long, my iPod was nowhere to be found. I looked everywhere, scrounging all available drawers, in between sofa cushions, under the bed, in the entertainment center, in Fifi's toyboxes and tricycle bins, and even in the trash. I asked Fifi where she put it, and she kept on saying it was in a purse. I searched all of the purses in the house, but to no avail!
Eventually, I resigned myself to accept that it was probably gone for good. But the spooky part is, I would hear it chirping notifications every so often - the chime of a new incoming e-mail alert, a low-battery beep, etc. I wasn't sure if it was just my imagination or possibly Cherry's iPod - though I was pretty sure it was my iPod making those sounds, since Cherry's iPod is a first generation device that doesn't have the external speaker. Or maybe it was my iPod's ghost, haunting me for not taking care of it?
Fast forward a few weeks and Fifi is trying to watch videos on Mommy's first generation iPod but clearly disappointed that there was no sound. Mommy explains to Fifi that her iPod can't play the sound - only Daddy's could, but it's lost now. She seemed to understand, and we went off and continued our normal activities. A few minutes later, Fifi brings an iPod to Cherry. After a few seconds, Cherry exclaims, "Eh? Isn't this Daddy's iPod? Why is it so dusty?" I went over to examine the discovery, and sure enough, it was my missing iPod! I asked Fifi where she found it, and she said "Nuh! (sort of a Chinese sound indicating "there!") and pointed at the kitchen. I inquired further, and she took me over to the oven and pointed underneath the slide out drawer under the oven - clearly a place that would have a lot of dust collected over the years...
Of course she would finally remember where she left it when
she wanted to use it!
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| Obligatory baby book photo of Fifi feeding some turtles! |
