Occasionally, He’s Worse Than I Am
Very, very early this morning, 12:53 to be exact, Chris threw open our bedroom door and, in a panicked voice, asked, ‘Where’s the car?”
In my startled, groggy state my brain quickly went from trying to make sense of what Chris was asking, to realizing just how bad the implication of that question is, to panic, and then to confusion.
Chris continued on, “I was really worried about you guys when I didn’t see the car! I thought you’d had an emergency and left! I called the ER!”
My mind said (because I was not awake enough to verbalize) The ER? I couldn’t have even gotten to the ER last night because I let Chris take the car to work.
Then the lightbulb went on.
He wasn’t missing the car at work. He was missing the car from our driveway. The car he took to work. He took the car. He forgot the car. And walked home in the rain. Without the car. And was going to have to walk back to work, in the rain, to retrieve the car he had forgotten he took to work. At one in the morning.
On top of that, he had come home, and instead of checking the beds, immediately assumed we were at the ER (with Jonas in the family, this is not as crazy as it sounds).
He was also miffed that I had locked the front door with the lock that cannot be opened from the outside. Apparently he had needed to jump the slippery wooden gate, in the rain, and come in the back door to get into the house. If he’d had the car, he could have used the garage door opener. Or you know, he could have rang the doorbell, but, hey there was no one home. We were all at the ER.
I love this man. I love that every so often, I’m not the dumb one. It’s rare, but when it’s his turn, he always does the job with a flair.
OMG! That’s Classic! Thanks for making me laugh. I hope you were able to get back to sleep.
Comment by Kim in Camas — February 28, 2006 @ 9:48 pm
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Sounds like something I would do. So funny. And cute too.
Comment by Manda — February 28, 2006 @ 9:58 pm
Oh my, that poor man must have been scared out of his mind. Thanks for the chuckle!
Comment by msdramateacherlady — March 1, 2006 @ 1:27 am
Oh, we ALL have our moments! Love the blog!
Comment by R*belle — March 1, 2006 @ 1:27 am
That is awesome!!
Comment by J.D. — March 1, 2006 @ 7:15 am
Thanks for the chuckle this morning! I’m glad I’m not the only one who has moments like that. Recently, my husband bought a fuel efficient car to replace his gas guzzling truck. The car needed some work. He tried to fix it but couldn’t. He informed me that he would need my vehicle for work the next day. Okay? No, not okay–one of the days I had to shuffle kids here and there. I suggested that he drive his truck. Oh, yeahhhh! The truck that he hadn’t sold yet that was right behind him in the driveway as we spoke!
Comment by Mom2Five — March 1, 2006 @ 3:40 pm
OH MY! LOL
Comment by Adrienne — March 1, 2006 @ 3:41 pm
That was super funny and something I would do!
Comment by Shannon (Sentimental) — March 1, 2006 @ 5:20 pm
He “forgot” the car??!!! That’s hilarious
When it’s his turn to be the dumbass- I milk it for days to come.
BTW - It was great chattin with you last night!!!
Comment by tj — March 1, 2006 @ 5:32 pm
LOL! How funny is that! How does one forget a car anyway?
Comment by Rachelle — March 1, 2006 @ 5:36 pm
That is so funny. My husband actually forgot the car at one point too. He thought I had it, and when my friend dropped me off that night, I had the same panicked reaction that Chris did. I shook The Husband awake, asking him where the car was. It took him a long time to think about that, and then he realized that he had forgotten he had the car and had walked home from work. At least it wasn’t raining and he was able to get through the front door.
Comment by Elizabeth — March 1, 2006 @ 8:11 pm
Oh my gosh, that is hilarious! Totally sounds like something I would do!!
Comment by writewingnut — March 1, 2006 @ 9:05 pm
LOL! you know this deserves to be brought up on random occasion for quite some time right?
especially if he is about to say something along the lines of “i told you so…” or (my favorite from my guy) “what do you think i am? stupid?”
Comment by Dawn (daybreak1012) — March 2, 2006 @ 1:41 am
Ok, that was friggin HILARIOUS! Oh man. That was awesome.
Comment by mom on a wire — March 2, 2006 @ 3:20 am
Oh, GOOD GOD!!!!! There are people (and men, for that matter) out there that do the same dumb things that I could do?
My excuse is having four children who each stole a little part of my brain. I’m wondering what his excuse was.
I’m still laughing!
Comment by Kristi — March 2, 2006 @ 3:53 am
That is the sweetest story ever. And for what it’s worth, I’m glad you weren’t all dead in the ER.
Comment by Miss Jay — March 2, 2006 @ 2:05 pm
Oh my Lord! Thank you for that. I was so needing a laugh and this certainly did it for me.
You’ve just gotta’ love it when our brain just up and jumps ship.
Comment by Raida — March 2, 2006 @ 4:02 pm
This killed me, I had to call my friend and read it to her as her DH did something stunningly similar
Comment by fidget — March 2, 2006 @ 6:24 pm
LOL! Sounds like he needs some Ginko Biloba supplements to boost his memory!!!
Comment by brandy101 — March 2, 2006 @ 6:33 pm
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Comment by Rob in China — March 2, 2006 @ 10:45 pm
Guys are cute when they’re dumb…
Comment by apples — March 2, 2006 @ 10:48 pm
LMAO Hilarious!!
Comment by DenimRose — March 2, 2006 @ 11:48 pm
Laughing Laughing Laughing out loud. I just had to spell it out. Great story. I just can’t imagine his face when he finally realized what had happened. I would have been laughing WITH Him all day each time I thought of it. : )
Comment by Soli — March 3, 2006 @ 12:25 am
This is your best blog entry yet!
Comment by Abby A — March 3, 2006 @ 3:32 am
That is HILARIOUS Lou!!!
Comment by soapbox.SUPERSTAR — March 4, 2006 @ 3:52 am
This made me laugh so much! (which reminded me I must work on those pelvic floor muscles)
Comment by ella — March 7, 2006 @ 9:23 pm