I forgot to write about something that happened last week that we still can't believe happened. It was a real case of being in the right place at the right time.
A week ago, last Tuesday, we had just been back in San Antonio for 5 days. We went to the credit union that day to deposit some money and a check. Before leaving for the credit union, I don't know why, but I looked in a side pocket of my wallet and was shocked to find some folded-up Euros in there. We tried to spend and thought we had spent all of our Euros before we left Europe. It was really a very disappointing find because we felt like that money was going to be lost as usually there is no bank around that will do a foreign money exchange and the airport would probably give us a lousy rate of exchange. And maybe we'll go back one of these days, and maybe not anytime soon, so yes, we were disappointed to find that decent sum of money that couldn't be used here in the states.
So, anyway, as we were filling out our deposit slip at the credit union, we heard someone already at the teller window asking if he could buy some euros. Really?? So, we turned around and said, "Euros? You would like to buy some Euros? We have Euros we'd like to sell."
What were the chances. So, the guy gets out of line and we talk a while explaining how we just got back from Europe and he explaining how he is getting ready to leave for Europe. We both couldn't believe our good luck. So after we both agreed to a rate, he gets back in line, withdraws money from his account and in the credit union lobby, we exchange currencies. Then I promptly fill out a deposit slip, get back in line and deposit the cash he gave us. We walked out of the credit union with him and his wife and we were still quite amazed at what had just happened.
We had done several errands that morning before coming to the credit union, but each one lasted just as long as it needed to to get us to the credit union in time to meet up with those people. You talk about timing.....
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