Happiness and Mold

I didn't think we would ever see our 7th piece of luggage. We received 3 pieces from Georgia, and another 3 from Vienna. The last piece was lost. The airlines didn't know where it was, the embassy couldn't track it. The airline told me they thought it may have ended up in London, but they couldn't be sure. I sadly started the inventory list of items the bag contained: new kids clothes and a birthday present for Van. Unexpectedly, the bag showed up at the embassy with no explanation! I was ecstatic! It has been 2 weeks without any of the kids' new clothes. They have been dressing in borrowed things, and items I pulled from a box of things they wore last summer. When Jared arrived home with the bag, I eagerly opened it. My enthusiasm quickly waned... for I was met with damp, moldy clothes. I sadly removed the tags and stickers from the nice, new, moldy clothes and threw them in the laundry. It cant ever be easy, can it?

You can see the water line on the bottom left pair of jeans! The mold on the Khaki's isn't very visible in the picture. It was like a dusting of white spores in the creases of the pockets.