I Learned Something About Myself Yesterday

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My daughter came into my room yesterday afternoon and without even asking took my vacuum cleaner and loaned it to a neighbor. It make me mad and started my anxiety raising pretty quickly. This vacuum cleaner is not even a year old. A really nice Shark model that I paid $300 for when I had the COVID money from the government. This is the most I have ever paid for a vacuum cleaner and it is a prized possession. I wouldn't have been upset but the fact that this neighbor is a known drug addict and we all know how they are. I have visions of her pawning the vacuum cleaner and using the money for drugs. Or, paying off a drug debt with it. I was stressed because I don't know this neighbor at all. Only what my daughter has told me. So, I kept reminding my daughter and she did finally go over and get the vacuum cleaner back. I wonder how long it would have been gone if I hadn't reminded her. With all of this, I did learn something about myself. The less I am around people the less I trust them. Perhaps I do have a negative attitude and, perhaps I was being a bit petty but when you don't have much the things you do have mean something.