I Actually Am The Biggest Idiot In The World.

I know the title is slightly boastful...but in my case it happens to be true. Let me go back to Tuesday, I was at work at the hotel and my mum phoned to let me know that my Aunty Audrey was in town and was going to take us out to dinner the following evening to a fancy schmancy place. So Wednesday evening rolls around and my Mum and I pile into my car and head downtown as my Aunty Audrey is taking us to The Crepery. So we get there and I pull up outside of City Centre mall and park at a meter that is free as it is 6:00pm on the dot that we arrive. My Mum doesn't believe that its free so I get out of the car and grab my purse and lock it up and throw a few quarters in the meter to make her happy and off we go to the restaurant to partake in what turned out to be a positively delightful 4 hour 3 course meal with some fine adult beverages.

Its 10:00pm by the time we leave and my Aunt has some bedding plants to give to my mother so she was going to drive us back to my car. As we are walking, I realize that I do not have my car keys. An overwhelming feeling of panic takes over and I start to freak out. I blurt out "Crap! I think I locked my keys in the car!! OMG!" and so we get in her car and she drives us over to my car. Which is parked on the street....with the lights on. I freak out because I think I have left the lights on and I can't believe my battery is STILL going after 4 hours in the restaurant. I get closer and I examine my car and I see that the keys are in fact in the ignition. It gets worse.

Upon even closer inspection, I realize that I LEFT THE CAR RUNNING!!!!!!!!!! yes, I Sondra, left the keys to my car in the ignition with it still running at a meter in the middle of downtown Edmonton for 4 HOURS!!!!! 4 FREAKING HOURS PEOPLE!!! Bow down to me for I am Sondra Queen of The Idiots!!!!! no one can beat me. So, I got the trusty old cell phone out and called the locksmith who took half an hour to get there. So about 10 minutes and $62.00 later, I was in the car and on the way home. You'd think the story ends there, but it doesn't. I thought this morning I should check my oil level since it was kind of low right before the whole ordeal with the keys downtown, so I did and I found it was pretty much bone dry. Knowing this isn't good, I went to the gas station right away and got some oil, filled it up and drove off. On the way home today, I smelled burning and couldn't figure out where it was coming from. I thought it was the car in front of me, but it WAS ME. Turns out I forgot to put the oil cap back on and when I drove off it was lost forever. So its off to my local auto parts reatiler this evening to get a new one. What a week!!!