Have you ever misplaced something, that was "there", but now when you want it, it is not there? And you waste a lot of time searching, and still don't find it, and you start re-checking places you already checked, hoping for its magic re-appearance?

That's where I am at. Frustrated that I still haven't found it.

This is interfering with my life. I need the thing, it is an important tool in a project. It is not small enough to just disappear, it's about the size of a box of cereal. So did I bring it somewhere and forget to bring it home? It seldom gets taken anywhere, and my friend says it hasn't been seen around his place. He's very tidy, he would have noticed it. I'm not sure if I took it there, but I might have. That's another thing that ticks me off, my fuzzy memory.

So I can't work on the project because I need the tool, but can't find it. And it's hiding very well, despite my efforts.

There are other things that need attention, life goes on and all that. The project is on hold, but it's like a burr under the saddle-blanket.