A not so good day in the life......:0

Here is a funny little story to help you get a laugh today..........This happen to me last week and is unfortunately totally true.

We had an appt. time to go to the gym at 9:00am and we were having a pretty good morning so I decided that we should go early so Little Bryan could feed the ducks and play at the playground. We pulled up on one of the side streets in the Rio and I started to get everything ready in the car. I got my bag and Bryan's bag, phone, keys etc and put it all in the stroller. I then went around to get Bryan out of his carseat. As I was reaching for him I hit my phone that was in the cup holder and it bounced out of the stroller, onto the sidewalk and into a gutter. Hmm...Maybe I can reach down and get it....So I decided to turn on the car and put Elmo in so Bryan would be entertained while I'm on my hands and knees on the sidewalk with one arm down in the gutter. After about 10 min of trying to reach it with my hand and umbrella cord (yes, this is the only thing I had in my car!) I decided this was all to no avail and that I was just going to have to go home and get my grill tongs to get the cellphone out......Inconvenient, but not really that huge of a deal since we live only 5 min away......So I proceeded to close Bryan's door and walk around to my side of the van....Well apparantly our van locks even while it is running!! So basically I'm standing on the sidewalk, car running, locked out, and my toddler is inside oblivious to anything other than his favorite Elmo. The best part is that I can't even call anyone because my cellphone is in the gutter.....After a little peptalk I walked over to the Corner Bakery and explained to the cashier what had happened and asked to borrow the phone. (Yes, they were looking at me in disbelieve and like I was a total idiot!!) So, I borrow the cellphone to call Bryan to see if he can call my friend Rachel, who lives near by, to go to our house and get the extra set of keys...........So, after repeated calls Bryan does not answer!!(later I found out that his battery had died on the train that day.) After biting the bullet I decided I had to call 911!!! Thankfully the police officer showed up in about 5 min. He explained that since our "super safe" van had side impact airbags on all sides that the fire dept had to open it or else they would all blow up. Another 5 min and the big fire truck pulls up! (In the mean time the Elmo video had ended and Bryan was starting to get upset that he couldn't watch it anymore. He kept signing "more" to me and the police officer because he wanted more Elmo!) Thankfully the fire dept was able to open the door and get my phone out very easily.........If there is actually any funnier part to the story it has to be when the police officer (who I had got to know pretty well at this point) said, "Ma'am I'm going to need to see your license because I have to give you a cituation for child neglect." Needless to say if you could have seen the look on my face you would have died!! Thankfully, right away he told me he was just j/k around!!!!!

Hopefully, this never happens to you! (Although, as I was standing there, I kept saying, "I can't believe this is really happening to me!!!") I guess the Lord really wanted to humble me that day;0 Also, Little Bryan was fine other than he was a little sweaty since the air cond. wasn't on!!