Declined.

After being in Washington for a very brief weekend, we over-nighted it back to Cali to resume our daily grind. At this point, we had been down in California for almost two whole months. In the grand scheme of life, two months is not a huge amount of time. In fact, for us, we still didn't even have everything 100% setup for the warehouse, and we were still living out of suitcases in our studio hotel room.

One of the items that we had kept forgetting to pick up when we were out and about, were gloves to use in the warehouse and for cold mornings. I didn't think it was a huge deal at first, but after weeks of loading and unloading pallets, trucks, and organizing boxes, you definitely realize that protecting your hands is a very positive thing. After we got back to our studio hotel room one afternoon, I convinced Aaron that we should walk to the local Home Depot to get some gloves. I thought the walk would be a great break in the monotony of sitting in traffic and in our tiny studio hotel room.

We headed out on our little journey with tennis shoes on, and company credit card in hand. This was definitely one of those instances when I thought the store was much closer than it actually was. So, 1.5 miles later we arrived to the Home Depot 'work gloves' section. After carefully reviewing price, fit, and functionality, Aaron and I both selected a pair of gloves that we thought would be great for our warehouse routines. I was pumped! Until I went up to the counter to check out, and my company credit card was declined. No biggie I thought. I turned to Aaron thinking that he had brought his wallet, but that was not the case. Without any other options at this point, we began our journey back to the hotel. Clearly, purchasing gloves was just not meant to be.

So, three miles later, there we sat gloveless, without funds, and an excellent walk in the California sun under our belts.