Does Anyone Have a Mind I Can Borrow?

I seem to have mislaid mine.

It’s not really out of the ordinary for me to temporarily lose things. At least once a week I find myself in the middle of the living room, muttering “where did I put my _____” (keys, glasses, cell phone, etc. Just fill in the blank), usually while turning in a slow circle, looking around like I think the missing item is going to magically materialize in front of me. But I outdid myself this morning, I really did.

It was the car keys. I was running just a little late, of course, not really late but just enough to be rushing a bit. I reached in my purse and found the spare keys but not the set I usually use and that I used yesterday. I looked around with my blank “where did I put them” look and dug down in the depths of my purse in case I’d tossed them in last night and missed the key pocket. No keys. I checked the pockets of the jacket I wore yesterday. No keys. So I stood and thought about it for a minute and then it hit me. Of course! They were in the pocket of the sweater that I had on yesterday. Mystery solved. But the sweater was upstairs in the closet and I didn’t have the time or inclination to run up and get them, so I just grabbed the spare keys and headed out. I tossed my purse and tote bag in the car and picked up the paper, then got behind the wheel and went to put the key in the ignition. Except that I couldn’t. Because there was already a key there. The one that wasn’t in my sweater pocket because I had left it in the ignition. Overnight. In an unlocked car.

Okay, so the car was in the garage but I must have been having a major brain fart to leave the keys in it. I guess I should be glad I remembered to put down the garage door!

Mimi looks like she's a little concerned that Mom is losing it.