The Magical Story of Lost PSI Hoops...

Oh my dear sweet hoopers, I hope by sharing my story with the community I love, several of you can learn from it like I have.




Flying with my beloved PSI hoops has always been a chore, but this trip was a little different. It was 3:30am on Dec. 21st 2010 and my fiance and I were about to head out to the airport. W were grabbing the last of our things, and I glanced at my PSIhoops thought about it and decided, YES I'll bring those. (In hopes of shooting a bad ass 5 year hoopiversary video over break) so I coiled & taped them up and put them by the door, ready to go. The Portland airport wasn't as busy as we had expected, we got through security without any problems and had an hour and half to kill before our 6am flight. Kenny and I shared some breakfast and some caffeine while we waited for our flight to board.

As I walked onto the plane, the flight attendant suggested I placed my psi hoops in the coat closet at the front of the plane by first class. Since it was an extremely full flight, she assured me they were less likely to be damaged in the closet. I obliged and left them with her. and as I walked off the plane, at the Dallas airport, I LEFT my psi hoops in that closet and carried about my way. :heart sinks:

My dear hoop friends, I do not know what to tell you. All I can say, is when it finally hit me, about 2 hours later, on my next flight, there was an overwhelming pain in my gut. I paged the flight attendant and let her know immediately. She said I could do nothing about it until I landed. The last two hours on the flight were tough, so many thoughts were running through my mind. I was so upset with myself, words will never be able to describe the feeling I felt inside. I just let the tears begin to fall. Why had I decided to bring them so last minute? What was I thinking, just leaving them?! Where was my brain?! The saddest part of all of this, I'm in school full time and barely surviving financially as it is, purchasing another set is not even realistic anymore.

I hurried off the plane and as quickly as I could to the baggage service office. There was a jolly man working with a white beard & wearing a Santa hat. When I saw him, I felt hopeful. I told him my story and together we wrote an email that went out to all the lost and founds of each airport that plane would visit for the remainder of that day. I left the Richmond Airport feeling somewhat positive, thinking there was a chance I would get them back. Throughout the holiday I called all the airports on a daily basis, leaving message after message. Days and days went by with no word at all....

Not hearing anything left the entire situation so open ended. Inside I was crushed at the idea I would not get them back, on the other hand my heart said stay positive, don't loose hope! The inner turmoil was eating at me. I just wanted to accept the harsh reality, they are gone.

A friend from facebook gave me the name of someone with connection to the industry. This propelled my case forward, and this past Tuesday Jan 4th I received a call from an american airlines representative. I felt relief hearing a human voice responding to my calls and emails. She assured me everything possible was being done to return my valuable hoops home to me, but after 15 days most cases are closed, but my case will be extended for a few more days. It has now been 20 days since I left my hoops on that plane and I suppose its official to say, I will not be getting them back. :(

Several words became clear in my head after having time to think: Find True Value. Even though psi hoops are one of the most expensive bad ass LED hoops around, they are just hoops. Just a possession, nothing that defines me. I learned not to attach so much joy and pleasure to them. Not to attach my self worth as a hooper or as a performer to these hoops. This may sound silly, but I realized I am just as amazing with or without my psi hoops. ;) I found peace in the reality that I LEFT THEM BEHIND. I forgave myself. But what I found was a higher value in my health, value in the fact we had such a safe trip to Virginia, value in time with my family and friends. The bottom line I found gratitude.

"You must understand how to live through the worst parts of life, so you never take the best parts for granted."



The saga continues!
Today (1/10/11) on my way to work, I swung by the front office to see what in the world FedEx had dropped off and... TA DA!!!!!!! THERE WERE MY HOOPS!!! Just as I remembered them!!!! Coiled down with the sky blue vinyl tape and everything.

I couldn't even believe it! I still can't! This story is a TRUE LESSON of Surrendering...LETTING GO and.... RECEIVING! I am tickled fancy with joy, over the moon with glee! Thanks again for the constant support from my community, I honestly don't know where I'd be with out each and everyone of you. <3

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Tags: acceptance, blessing, experience, forget, groovinmegzz, growth, hoops, learning, loss, love,  portland, psi, support

Comment by spider baby on January 9, 2011 at 12:10pm
i causes me great sadness to think some one would just  walk away with them.. my faith in man kind waivers
Comment by GroovinMeGzz on January 9, 2011 at 3:12pm
I know right? I really wanted to have faith in their employees, but...I suppose they decided it would be a great Christmas present for someone. I brought up the notion of employees stealing my property when I spoke to the representitive on the phone, she disagreed strongly. Which is to be expected I suppose... but this isn't the first time. I'll never forget when Spiral told me someone walked off with her psi hoops from String Cheese Incident 3 night run at Hornings Hideout 2007... I mean SCI family are some of the nicest folks around and her hoops disappeared! Soo... really you can never be too paranoid about your psi hoops. ;)
Comment by Lori aka Wowi Jacobspin on January 9, 2011 at 11:06pm
I feel for you!  I hope they come back to you, some how, some way.  I lost a valuable item while traveling over the holidays too.  nothing as expensive as PSI hoops, but a gift my sister brought back from India for me.  I think I left my beautiful silk pashmina/scarf on the chair before boarding and no one turned it in to lost and found.  I hope it found a good new home and is appreciated, but in times like these, I have a feeling it was just stolen without thought to how precious the item might be to the person who lost it but rather as a great find for the finder.  Sad.  thankfully, like you said, these are just things, possessions and are not a reflection of the people we are, but they are things that will be missed.
Comment by Arsyn- Of the Exentrix on January 10, 2011 at 10:24am
I could barely read this :( most of us wait our whole lives for 1 psi hoop and here u had a full set. Anyone outside of the hooping community would not understand but I find this horribly tragic :( sending u much love groovinmegzz, much love.
Comment by GroovinMeGzz on January 10, 2011 at 8:27pm

Thank you for your kind support.You are correct, only hoopers understand what I was going through. :) <3

 

I'VE GOT GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NO CALL, NO HEADS UP, I get a package from FedEx and TA DA!!! there are my hoops!!!!!!! the airline found them and returned them 20 days after I reported them missing!!! I am so happy I could cry!!! I will update the blog posting with a NEW HAPPY ENDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by Arsyn- Of the Exentrix on January 10, 2011 at 8:28pm
Yaaaaaaay!!!!!!
Comment by GroovinMeGzz on January 10, 2011 at 9:12pm
seriously, I can barely contain all my joy!!!! Its so surreal!!
Comment by Allyssa on January 10, 2011 at 11:00pm
This is an epic story. So happy you got your lovely hoops back and it ended happy :)
Comment by Jana from Ula Oopla land on January 11, 2011 at 12:14am

I am so happy for you. I prayed that you get them back.

Hoopy Love, Jana

Comment by GroovinMeGzz on January 11, 2011 at 1:57pm
Thank you so much hoopers!!! Your prayers brought them home! I truly believe because I had so many loving friends manifesting with me, we made it happen!!! I am filled with inspiration !!!

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