Cheese, your fabric is in there! At least mine usually is, it just takes a few minutes (hours, days) to lay my hands on it. One time I had some bagged up in a grocery store bag, hung on a hook on the back of the sewing room door. Of course I couldn’t find it because it couldn’t be seen when the door was open. Now it’s the first place I look!
Glad to hear you’ll be coming back in January!