At Least The Commute Was Easy

I was so very careful this morning. In fact, I was an efficiency machine this morning.

I needed to be at work in time for a 9:00 meeting at the other building, so I decided to leave 15 minutes early in case the traffic was screwed up. I needed to bring some paperwork with me, so I gathered it all together in a folder and left it on the kitchen table so that I wouldn't forget it. I thought I might go to the juggling club tonight, so I put a tee-shirt on top of the folder. (You get hot when you juggle, so tee-shirts are the way to go.) My juggling stuff was already in the car.

I made the bed, I put out the recycle bin, I put food out for Inky and Stinky, I loaded the dishwasher. Check, check, check.

I even dug out a hat to wear, because it is butt cold here in Our Nation's Capital today.

At 7:15, I put on my coat and hat, grabbed my keys off the key hook, picked up the folder and tee-shirt, and left the house. I locked the door behind me, picked up the newspaper, and got in the car.

The commute, for a change, was an absolute breeze. I was well ahead of schedule! Even the left turn into the parking garage was trouble free -- and by "trouble free" I mean that the oncoming lanes were clear and there were no pesky pedestrians to nudge out of the way. And because I was so early, I had choice of excellent parking spaces. I pulled in, shut off the car, and reached for my --

Purse.

My purse, with my wallet, driver's license, money, credit cards, company ID badge, cell phone, camera, iPod.

My purse, which was still hanging on its special hook by the front door of my house, 15 miles away.

Oh well. It was another instance of the rule that states:

"If you have something in each hand, you have everything you need."

Luckily I have good friends with cash, so I'm good to go for lunch. Luckily, the security guards can look my up on the employee database and issue me a temporary ID badge. If I drive vewwy vewwy cehfuwwy on the way home, I won't need my driver's license.

Maybe I should just keep my keys in my purse.

Or put a big sign on the front door: GOT PURSE?