How odd is that?
I went out by myself to run some errands yesterday, had finished up at one store and walked out in the parking lot and promptly panicked. Seriously panicked. I was looking right at the row where I had pulled in and parked ~ and my van wasn't there.
I stood on the sidewalk and literally felt sick to my stomach. I knew I hadn't locked up, so my mind began racing as I thought about the call I was going to have to make to my husband to explain how our van had gone missing in the twenty minutes I was in the store.
I pulled out my phone and started dialing....and realized a few seconds later that our van wasn't missing after all. I was staring at our CAR. The van was sitting at home in our driveway, right where I left it.
Duh.
I'm convinced that this somehow all ties into our children though....
LOL!! I really can relate to this! I've done this a few times as well, depending on whether I use our huge van, my husband's truck, or even my parents' minivan. Where is it??? It only happens when I'm alone. If the children are with me, they've located the van with their telescopic vision 1.5 seconds after we walk out the door, "Yep, there it is!" :-)
ReplyDeleteI laughed out loud at at this one! In this situation it is actually (surprisingly!) helpful to have a child or two with you!
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Well we could go to the same loony bin because I've done that before!
ReplyDeleteCan SO relate and I'm sure it ties into children too. :)
ReplyDeleteOh, you're cracking me up! And ya, it ties to the kids, if it weren't for them, we might still have enough braincells left to actually remember back more than 2 minutes ago!
ReplyDeleteHow funny! I have done this before myself.
ReplyDeleteOh Boy have I done that before! That's a very panicky, sick feeling. ANd you're right...the kids probably have something to do with it. :)
ReplyDeleteLaughing here but only because I would have done the same thing!
ReplyDeleteIt happened to me too... though not with car (since i don't drive) but with other things. :)
ReplyDeleteThis is SOOOOO funny! I only have two children, so it hasn't happened to me....yet.
ReplyDeleteROFL!!!! I must say, I've done that before also. And, I blame it on the kids. It's their fault we are losing our minds. They suck it out of us. Placenta brain is what I call it.
ReplyDeleteOf course it relates to your children! If you had none, you would still have all of your brain cells. :-) I have been there, done that. And I'm pretty sure I will do it again! LOL
ReplyDeleteMy Aunt did this and even went as far as calling the police. She found it in the parking lot on the other side of the store.
ReplyDeleteMy mom went into the library with the kids and went to leave and couldn't find her keys. Looked all over the library than went to her car to find it unlocked and running.
LOL! And, been there, done that.
ReplyDeletegiggle...giggle...snort...bwwwaaahhhaaaa.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it's the kids fault, totally!
If it turns out not to be the kids' fault, then for sure it's your husband's...
ReplyDeleteWhat a hilarious post! I never, ever, EVER do this, and I really hate to, but I must send you this link to a post I just made last week about something so very similar!
ReplyDeletehttp://aclevertitlegoeshere.blogspot.com/2009/12/not-so-grand-theft-auto.html
Sorry to do that, but I really can relate and wanted to prove it! Ha ha!
I'm sure it has something to do with your children too! I never did things like that before I had kids, but now I do them all the time... :)
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