Stupid Things I've done

You know how once in a while you do something and then want to smack yourself?

Or is that just me?

I had one of those moments this week.

I was washing my winter coat. No big deal; I do it all the time.
But when I started up the dryer, I heard a strange thumping noise.

Hmmmm. There shouldn't have been anything in there that would thump, so I stopped the dryer and pulled out the coat, and there, in an inner pocket, I found - 

I tried drying it out in a bag of rice,

                                                                                                                        but it was gone.



My only consolation is that
a) It was free. I got it as a bonus with my iMac purchase several years ago.
b) it was on its last legs anyway; and
c) I hadn't yet decided what to do with my Christmas money from my mother.

So a brand shiny new iPod is on it's way to me. It will do many things my older one never could. But I'll miss this iTouch. It was my very first eReader and my companion on many a subway ride. It's an inanimate object, but its demise makes me sad. Probably because I caused it with my own stupidity.

RIP iPod.

Make me feel better. Have you ever done anything this dumb?