Today I was scheduled to take one of our vehicles in for a check up and diagnostic. My mom had transferred ownership of her old 1994 Saab to us for Eldest to use once she got her license. Yes, I am still in tears about that. Anyway, it is having some issues, so I made an appointment on Tuesday to take it in to be checked out. One can’t take chances, you know?
Anyway, I took the kidlets to school without incident, and then headed back home to pick up the other car. I put my hair up in a clip (it’s frightful), washed up the dishes, and then grabbed the keys and headed out.
So I got into my Pathfinder.
And drove down the street to the mechanic.
In my Pathfinder.
Not the Saab.
And if you think I just went down a couple of blocks before I noticed, think again. I was turning into the shop before I noticed. Luckily I had time to turn around and switch vehicles before my appointment.
And this is what happens when you don’t drink coffee first thing in the morning 🙂
May 23rd, 2013 at 12:49 PM
Heh.
So glad I’m not the only one who has moments like this…..
May 23rd, 2013 at 12:51 PM
No, no you’re not 😀
May 23rd, 2013 at 12:50 PM
I can say I have never driven to the shop in your Pathfinder rather than the Saab your Mom used to have. Never.
But I’ve done nearly the same thing several times.
I exchanged the contents of one closet with another several years ago. I STILL go to the wrong closet every so often.
May 23rd, 2013 at 12:53 PM
Good ol’ habits, they never…ok, seldom… fine, FAIL A LOT!!
May 23rd, 2013 at 12:52 PM
I think the real tuneup needs to be between your ears!
May 23rd, 2013 at 12:53 PM
That’s were coffee helps 😀
May 23rd, 2013 at 12:59 PM
Hmmm. Sounds like you picked the wrong time to stop sniffing glue!
May 23rd, 2013 at 1:29 PM
Who said I stopped?? 😀
May 23rd, 2013 at 2:48 PM
Well, I suppose that’s better than going to a room from the opposite end of the house and forgetting what you were going there to do.
May 23rd, 2013 at 2:58 PM
Heh. I do that at work, too. Got up, walked into another office, forgot why I was there, turned around and got back to my desk before remembering I was going to the supply closet to retrieve a keyboard. Had to walk back again. :sigh:
May 23rd, 2013 at 3:10 PM
Admit it: you do that ALL the time 😀
May 23rd, 2013 at 6:51 PM
:sob: …wait…what am I admitting to, your honor?
May 23rd, 2013 at 3:09 PM
That’s so common, I don’t bother writing about it, Reiuxcat 😀
May 23rd, 2013 at 4:27 PM
awesome!… I tried putting my kettle in the fridge the other day…. ??!
May 23rd, 2013 at 4:49 PM
I will neither confirm nor deny having placed my hairbrush in the washer 😀
May 23rd, 2013 at 5:24 PM
there should be a post about, where people put things when they are tired…. Our old linen basket was in our bathroom…. I remember when I was younger, I took my socks off…. and very sleepily put them down the loo accidentally!! Ooops! x
May 23rd, 2013 at 5:38 PM
But you didn’t flush, right?? 😀
May 24th, 2013 at 4:14 AM
Thankfully no….. 😀 x
May 23rd, 2013 at 4:31 PM
After my Adventure In Plumbing last Friday, I can’t really snicker at your SAAB tuneup.
May 23rd, 2013 at 4:49 PM
Glass houses and stones and all that 😉
May 23rd, 2013 at 5:47 PM
Two words: Brain. Fart.
May 23rd, 2013 at 10:37 PM
Sigh… I know… 🙂
May 23rd, 2013 at 6:09 PM
After I switched offices this last time I kept going to the old office, pulling in to the parking garage and almost getting out of the car before I realized I was at the wrong place. Did it several times…
May 23rd, 2013 at 6:53 PM
Heh. I work for a small IT company (there are 4 of us total), we contract out and so far, I’ve worked at 5 different businesses, three on a regular basis. What really sucks is locking out the administrator account on the server because I typed in the password for another location three times before I realized what I was doing. DAMMIT!!!
May 23rd, 2013 at 10:39 PM
That’s like, a security risk, ain’t it??? 😀
May 24th, 2013 at 3:38 PM
Heh. No, just a
risk.
May 23rd, 2013 at 10:38 PM
Well, at least you didn’t get out of the car 🙂
May 24th, 2013 at 12:10 PM
Think about how many times things like this must happen with airline pilots?
“LAX Departure, this is WrongWayAir 793… Uh, we are climbing through flight level 250 to 390 heading for Hong Kong.”
“Uh, WrongWayAir 793, this is LAX Departure… You’re supposed to be going to New York City.”
😀
May 25th, 2013 at 9:59 AM
It would explain a lot 😀
May 24th, 2013 at 5:24 PM
I do stuff like that all the time. But I don’t drink coffee at all, so maybe that’s the cause. Too bad coffee tastes so damned awful.
May 25th, 2013 at 10:00 AM
It’s a caffeine thing. I’m convinced of it 🙂
May 24th, 2013 at 9:49 PM
My Tahoe has a Federal Signal Vision SLR lightbar, and LEDs mounted on the dash, the outside mirrors, and the deer smucker. I have a very loud Federal PA 400 siren/controller, which is integrated into the lightbar as it’s switchbox. The PA 400 has a three level progressive switch to control the lights/siren. Push 1, and you get the rear flashing lights, push 2, and the dash, mirror, and deer smucker lights come on, press 3, and the lightbar comes on, as well as the alternating headlights, and the siren.
i was once coming down a country road as dusk approached, and saw a person I knew down in the ditch, clearing out the purple loosestrife. I meant to give her a GRONK on the siren’s air horn, but I punched 3 instead, which, in my defense is just above the air horn button. I scared the wits out of Ford Econoline that was coming the other way, minding his own business, who locked up his brakes, and almost went into the ditch.
Not the swiftest of moves i have made in my day.
May 25th, 2013 at 10:02 AM
But one of the funniest 😀
May 24th, 2013 at 9:49 PM
You and Cruel Wife must have been separated at birth. End of story.
May 25th, 2013 at 10:02 AM
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! 😀
May 25th, 2013 at 10:44 AM
It’s a good thing that they were separated at birth, LK. It would make for some rather… awkward moments in the bedroom if they hadn’t been. 😀
May 26th, 2013 at 6:02 AM
Hey Ags. I’ve done basically the same thing and I only have one car.
Wait…whu?