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Sunday, November 09, 2003

lost keys

Isn't it amazing how hard it is to think about anything else when you've lost something? Tonight I lost my keys. I don't think I've actually lost (as opposed to misplaced) a set of keys since I've been married. It's a really long story, but here's the short version: I had them in my hand, absolutely for sure, when we got in the car after being at one store. We went straight (LT driving, with his keys) from there to Albertson's. At the checkout at Albertson's, I'm pretty sure I had to move them aside in my purse to get my checkbook. When I got to the car (in the pouring, pelting, driving rain, no less) immediately after that, no keys. Nobody has turned them in yet at Albertson's (two hours later). I retraced my steps around the parking lot (yes! still in the driving rain!), cleaned out my purse entirely, checked all my pockets, checked all T's and the kids' pockets, even went back to the 99c store and looked in that parking lot. When we got home I practically dismantled the car looking for them. And I can't get the bleeping things out of my mind for more than half a second at a time. It is driving me crazy. Granted, it'll be an expense (even if we don't replace the really pricey keyless entry thingy, the ignition key for our car has one of those computer chips and those make replacement keys cost around $50 from what I understand) and a hassle and I'll always be wondering if whoever picked up MY keys and didn't turn them in is going to go drive around parking lots pushing the trunk button hoping to hit a 150,000-mile-but-still-quite-nice gold mine (at least we live 40 miles away from where I lost them -- but still, I do a lot of shopping there). But we can manage the expense right now, what with the overtime, and chances are everything will be just fine -- so why can't my brain just let go and move on? I dunno. sigh.

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