apparently chelleybutton and i can't get together without a story
whether it's her car not getting stolen in kansas city or us getting trapped in a parking ramp, we simply must have something happen to us. this time was no exception.
we decided to go to a movie or two or three at the cheap theater. (narnia, tangled, and harry potter back to back to back. how great is that?) on the way there, we stopped at target for snacks, but since it was target, i also came out with a dvd (the wedding singer), and chelley came out with a twins hoodie. since we had stuff in the car, when we got to the theater, we had to lock the doors (which is something i don't usually do). chelleybutton got out and locked her door, but i realized the back door on her side wasn't locked, so reached over and did that, then got out (i had already locked the back door on my side). i noticed that dottie (my car has a name now!) still sounded like she was running, but rosie used to do that sometimes, so i didn't think a thing of it. then chelley asked me if i had locked my door. i said no, so she ran back and did that. just after she closed the door, i realized that yeah, my keys were not in my coat pocket. dottie was running because the keys were still in the ignition. a huge string of expletives later, i called my parents to have them come save the day, but of course, the cheap theater is 20 minutesish from my house, so poor dottie had to sit there and idle that whole time. as did chelley and i. i didn't want to leave dottie unattended, nor did either of us want to leave the other unattended, so the two of us stood on the side of the road for 25 minutes in 6 degree weather, waiting for my 'rents to arrive.
6 degrees is very cold.
thankfully, when my parents got there, chelleybutton and i both had all of our toes (we were starting to wonder if we would), and thankfully the movie was only $2, so even though we missed the first 20 minutes (sorry, chelley!), we didn't feel too bad about spending the money (though chelleybutton hadn't see it, so i felt bad). but ohmygoodness how embarrassing, and ohmygoodness what a waste of gas (my poor car), and ohmygoodness how cold, and ohmygoodness how sad to miss some of the movie, and ohmygoodness it was bad. (although we did get to play 'i'm going on a picnic' and we're bringing apples, bananas, cookies, doritos, eggplant, fallafel, grapes, ham, ice cream, jam, a kite, and licorice. we're also hoping it's not 6 degrees when we go.)
but our feet did eventually warm up, and we stayed through tangled (we decided supper was more important than hp), and dottie still ran after the movie, and we made a memory. so there we go.
we decided to go to a movie or two or three at the cheap theater. (narnia, tangled, and harry potter back to back to back. how great is that?) on the way there, we stopped at target for snacks, but since it was target, i also came out with a dvd (the wedding singer), and chelley came out with a twins hoodie. since we had stuff in the car, when we got to the theater, we had to lock the doors (which is something i don't usually do). chelleybutton got out and locked her door, but i realized the back door on her side wasn't locked, so reached over and did that, then got out (i had already locked the back door on my side). i noticed that dottie (my car has a name now!) still sounded like she was running, but rosie used to do that sometimes, so i didn't think a thing of it. then chelley asked me if i had locked my door. i said no, so she ran back and did that. just after she closed the door, i realized that yeah, my keys were not in my coat pocket. dottie was running because the keys were still in the ignition. a huge string of expletives later, i called my parents to have them come save the day, but of course, the cheap theater is 20 minutesish from my house, so poor dottie had to sit there and idle that whole time. as did chelley and i. i didn't want to leave dottie unattended, nor did either of us want to leave the other unattended, so the two of us stood on the side of the road for 25 minutes in 6 degree weather, waiting for my 'rents to arrive.
6 degrees is very cold.
thankfully, when my parents got there, chelleybutton and i both had all of our toes (we were starting to wonder if we would), and thankfully the movie was only $2, so even though we missed the first 20 minutes (sorry, chelley!), we didn't feel too bad about spending the money (though chelleybutton hadn't see it, so i felt bad). but ohmygoodness how embarrassing, and ohmygoodness what a waste of gas (my poor car), and ohmygoodness how cold, and ohmygoodness how sad to miss some of the movie, and ohmygoodness it was bad. (although we did get to play 'i'm going on a picnic' and we're bringing apples, bananas, cookies, doritos, eggplant, fallafel, grapes, ham, ice cream, jam, a kite, and licorice. we're also hoping it's not 6 degrees when we go.)
but our feet did eventually warm up, and we stayed through tangled (we decided supper was more important than hp), and dottie still ran after the movie, and we made a memory. so there we go.
posted by melilotnfosco | 4:43 PM
8 Comments:
It's all my fault, sorry.
But you're right, we got to go on a picnic! Or plan to, anyway. I was thinking that on the way home actually! Wondering why we stopped where we did. Then I realized you forgot 'licorice' and your parents must've come then and then when we were walking inside the theater you remembered 'licorice.' I think that means I won. :)
supper is more important that HP??? Really?? Wow.
We've seen it already, HM. :P
it's not all your fault, chelley. like i said, if you hadn't gone back to lock my door, my car would've been unlocked and running, and when we came out i would've no longer had a car!
So I saved the day then. ;)
there we go :)
isn't it great to have stories?
why yes. my blog (and life) is kind of boring without them.
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