bad karma and cars

sam and i don't seem to have very good karma in the car this week. maybe it's that we're missing something without ben along (who is camping w/ g'ma and g'pa this week). we went to Aldi's one day and couldn't find the car when we came out...then i noticed a black saturn like ours in the row behind where we parked..."i didn't park there," i thought, "hey, wait, that's my license plate number...how did--oh, NO- i think i forgot the emergency break!" (which we've learned is VERY important when you drive a stick-shift, even on what seems to be flat parking lot.) but maybe it's good karma- because during the little saturn's trip across the lot it apparently did not hit anything, or anyone!!!

so yesterday, we went to the grocery store, again, and sam was playing with my keys in the cart (yea, bad idea...you all can see this coming, right, but NO - not me!). i put the groceries in the car, put the cart back, put sam in his car seat, dropped my keys into the front seat, closed sam's door...my door doesn't open- sam must have hit the lock button! PANIC sets in- try all the doors, nothings open, it's 90+ degrees out, the windows are all rolled up, but he's happy and giggling at me. i run into the store to call 911 (because my purse/phone are locked in the car, too). the police came in about 2-3 minutes (with sirens blaring and everything- which made me want to crawl under a rock)! the policeman was very nice and didn't make me feel like the degenerate mom that i already felt like! they had sam out of the car within about 5 minutes of getting there. he thought it was all pretty interesting watching them unlock the door from outside the car and he even got a sticker badge - which he tried to eat. WHEW! we can't wait for Ben to get home...apparently i'm a little out of sync without him! (so that's my excuse this week, anyway!) i think it might be safer for all if the saturn just stays in the garage until then!