Right Here

"Yo!  You boys want to get to school anytime soon?"
"Wait!  I can't find my tie & belt!"
"& you just notice this NOW, as we're walking out the door?  Where did you see them last?"
"I left them right here!"

Ahhhh, RIGHT HERE.  Of course!  That is the most popular place in this house to leave things - right HERE!  & where is 'right here' this time?  My son is forlornly pointing to a spot on the floor next to the front door - actually, a place that makes one of the Top 5 'right here's' in this house.

"Is that where they go?  Your tie & belt - right there on the floor?"
"This is where I ALWAYS leave them."
"Have you ever noticed that your tie & belt are often not 'right here' in the morning?"
"Well, sometimes..."
"Did it ever occur to you that 'right here' is not the best place to leave them, since this is not where they go?"

RIGHT HERE  - defined as 'several locations around the house in which instantaneous teleportation can occur, as evidenced by the fact that when one leaves something in that spot it might be transported to another location.'

I told you I like magic!

The Top 5 List of Right Here's in Helen's House:

1.  By the front door.  Luckily a large location built to handle simultaneous incorrect object placements at one time.  Teleportation occurs nightly; earlier if the front door has become hard to locate.

2.  The dining room table.  Leave papers, glasses, car keys, ear phones, money, school supplies 'right here', & chances are they will never be seen again.  Disappearance of small items occurs many times a day at this location.  Often, tho, the teleportation of these items just sends them along to the 3rd 'right here' - the stairs.

3.  The stairs.  A handy place, with several stairs in reach for everyone to have a spot!  Also, a less risky 'right here', as teleportation happens at this location only once or twice a week, & the movement of the item may just be from one stair to another.

4.  The couch.  A fortuitously placed piece of furniture that can accept a multitude of mismatched items:  remote controls, ipods, xbox controllers, laundry (clean & folded), purses, keys.  Also, a good transfer point, as many of these items actually end up where they are supposed to directly after teleporting from this location.

5.  The younger sons bathroom.  This 'right here' is mostly a gathering point for Bryce's dirty clothes, swim suits & bath towels. 
"There are no more underwear in my drawer!"
"I haven't seen any in the laundry hamper.  Where did you leave them?"
"I left them RIGHT HERE in my bathroom."
"Do you see a washing machine in your bathroom?  I didn't THINK so!"
Obviously this is not a good transfer point, especially for those items left behind the bathroom door.  However, my son is optimistic when it comes to laundry, & knows that sooner or later his magical mother will swoop in to make it happen.

Anyhow, time for me to run.  Now, where are my keys?  I left them RIGHT HERE...