Crisis Averted

So, hypothetically, if you were going to think of the worst way to spend the day before leaving on a 3 month international trip...you would a) lose you Interational Student ID card b) lose your bank card, or c) both...?

Yeah, I'll take c) for $100 Alex. Actually $180, the total amount of money in my possession when I realized that I had lost the two most important documents I had with me, save my passport. I started doing the math...$65 for the taxi to the airport, $15-20/day for food, at least 15-20/day for a youth hostel....transportation...etc etc etc...not good. Luckily, I discovered that there are still some good samaritans left in the world when a lady picked up the cards I lost, called my bank and canceled them, and called my parents to leave her contact info so I could get my cards back. Apparently, the Honor System works in DC, too.

So the end result, thanks to my parents, one kind lady, and Western Union, is that I have all my cards back and enough money to get me to Morocco, where my parents can send me a new bank card that has not been deactivated. Yeah, I know...an impressive display of responsibility, care, and ingenuity. You'd think I'd have this stuff down by now.