This is with coffee.....
This morning was a bit chaotic getting Younger Son onto the bus he forgot his backpack. So like a good Mama, I went back inside, had another sip of coffee, put the dog in his crate and drove his backpack to school.
After I parked, I grabbed both his backpack and mine and headed into the school, where all was abustle, and handed the pack over to the school office.
I headed back to the car and patted my pockets down for my car key.... no key. I tried all my doors. Locked. I looked on my backpack where I hang my keys. No car key. I peered inside the car at the ignition. No car key. I checked my pockets again. I checked where I store my phone thinking I could call Husband Person, if needed, and that I might have dropped the key on the mat of the car and just couldn't see it. No phone. That got left on the nightstand.
Then it filtered through my brain that I dimly remembered locking the car so the key had to be outside the car somewhere...
I was finally ready to walk back to the school door thinking maybe I dropped the key on the sidewalk when I patted my pockets down one more time. Magically my key had appeared in my jacket pocket, just hiding very quietly and apparently flatly which is impressive for something the size of a pack of gum, which is bigger than my brain this morning...
After I parked, I grabbed both his backpack and mine and headed into the school, where all was abustle, and handed the pack over to the school office.
I headed back to the car and patted my pockets down for my car key.... no key. I tried all my doors. Locked. I looked on my backpack where I hang my keys. No car key. I peered inside the car at the ignition. No car key. I checked my pockets again. I checked where I store my phone thinking I could call Husband Person, if needed, and that I might have dropped the key on the mat of the car and just couldn't see it. No phone. That got left on the nightstand.
Then it filtered through my brain that I dimly remembered locking the car so the key had to be outside the car somewhere...
I was finally ready to walk back to the school door thinking maybe I dropped the key on the sidewalk when I patted my pockets down one more time. Magically my key had appeared in my jacket pocket, just hiding very quietly and apparently flatly which is impressive for something the size of a pack of gum, which is bigger than my brain this morning...