On Saturday, we had to be at HungryMan’s softball tournament at 8:00 am.
8:00 am. On Saturday morning. At a field that is forty minutes away.
Needless to say, the two of us were a little groggy and grouchy when we arrived at the park. And since we were veering on the later side of 8:00 am, we progressed from the car to the field in a sort of frantic frenzy.
Three hours later, my friend, Nica and I determined that the breakfast snacks we had consumed on our way out of our respective doors didn’t really qualify as breakfast. And since our husband’s team was set on dragging out the morning by winning games, we decided to leave in search of food.
As we were walking with our daughters towards my car, I spotted HungryMan’s water bottle on the roof of the car.
“Look at that! Nate was in such a hurry he left his water bottle on top of the car. Oh, that’s hilarious!”
Two steps later, I saw something so ridiculous that it set off my finger-pointing reflex with such force that I sent my cell phone sailing through the parking lot. While my phone lay decimated on the pavement, my mouth hung wide open at our gaping passenger door.
That’s right, I failed to shut the car door when we arrived at the park. For three hours, our car sat in the “ready-for-entry” position. We might as well held up a sign, “Free Ice Cold Drink While You Steal Our Possessions!”
Thankfully everything was still in our car, including my purse.
And here’s what you get when you laugh at your husband’s folly as though he’s the one that is so absent minded.
Pride. It comes before the fall. Or in this case, before the long hard crash on the concrete.
Oh Dear!
Um, don’t tell my husband but I left the house unlocked the other day. I did shut the door though!
i wish that i brought a camera along with me everywhere to capture all of my laughable moments.
that is hilarious.
and they were winning?! awesome!
Must’ve had a few guardian angels milling about…
Oh no! At least that explains why you haven’t called me back!!
So lucky! I’m glad that all way OK! One time I left my house keys in the lock of our house door. All night. And my husband is a freak about keeping the house locked up! Oops!
Hilarious! You are too funny.
Oh no! But, it is funny.
We have a mini-van (yes, I’m that cool) that has the self-closing door feature. So it was quite a surprise two years ago when I came out of Chevy’s by the MOA in the dead of winter to find that my van door had been wide open for two hours with all my shopping bags right next to it.
Nothing was stolen. The van was just FREEZING COLD.
Gotta love the honesty of most Minnesotans.
thanks. “including my purse” was my favorite phrase. was not expecting that. very funny. and, like kelly, i have returned to my rockstar van to find the sliding door wide open more than once…in the city, even. it must not be thrilling enough to steal from and open vehicle.
Oh, thanks for the chuckle…but sorry about your phone!! BUMMER!!
Glad that your purse was untouched…that is a blessing!!! What an adventure!!
That is hilarious! Glad nothing was stolen.
Reminds me of the day last summer when I met a friend for coffee at the local Caribou…we talked and talked on the patio there for well over 2 hours, and when I got back to my car (which was only 20 feet or so away) I discovered it had been running the WHOLE time!!! I blamed it on pregnancy brain at the time, but I have a hunch it could have happened anytime. Yikes.
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