Yesterday was a wild day. First things first, my Aunt Kathy picked me at up 7:45am for our 5k race at John Ball Park. It was called the "Beat the Granny" race and according to the website their would be around 300 people there all "dressed as Grandmas."
First thing I learned: no one actually dresses up for this race... other than me.
After getting over the fact that I was wearing a silk nightgown and tennis shoes and everyone else was in their actual running gear we then learned that the advertised "downhill/flat" course was actually a cross-country, mostly uphill, terrain course. All this learning before 9am!!
After the race we walked back to the car and at this point families were starting to arrive at the zoo on this slightly over-cast 85 degree Saturday. I should preface this story by telling you that when we arrived at the zoo earlier that morning my aunt was unsure of what to do with her car key's so I told her that my trick was to lock the car, then stick my keys in the gas cap and hope no one found them. She thought I was brilliant (or at the very least, moderately creative).
By 10am, she was no longer was singing my praises. The third thing I learned yesterday was that '91 Volvo's gas tank lids lock after 10 minutes. So there we were, sweating our butt's off, me in a silk nightgown, locked out of the car which held our change of clothes, purses, and most importantly, our phones.
We borrowed a phone and 30 minutes later USAA sent out a curb-side assistant, and as my aunt described him, "Charles Manson" unlocked the doors for us. However, our car was still in "panic" mode (thinking it had been broken into) which meant we couldn't unlock all the doors by just hitting the interior un-lock button. Translation: The gas cap was still locked. Charles showed us a creepy magic trick, and then left us, unsatisfied. But, at least we were now in the car. Finally, my uncle ended up driving an hour to come bring us the spare keys so we could finally escape this madness.
All this to say, hopefully you will check your manual before you ever lock your own keys in the gas cap!! (My '01 Jeep Grand Cherokee does NOT have this locking feature, thankfully!)