Doesn't it just figure...

So this is just how my day has gone today. I pulled out my son's CD player so that I wouldn't forget to bring it to school tomorrow, since we need it for our group presentation. Luckily I tested it to make sure it worked...which it didn't. So I thought I'd just run to Fred Meyer and pick up a cheap one. Since I said I'd bring it I didn't want to disappoint the group. I get to the store and put the baby in the cart. The seat belt is broken. So I put him in the next cart. That seat belt is broken. Take three...that seat belt works and off we go to do our shopping. As I'm standing in line waiting to pay I realize that I don't have my keys. And then I remember that I had put them in the seat of one of the original shopping carts...and left them there!

The ladies at the customer service desk were really nice and made announcements over the PA to have everyone check their carts. That didn't work, so one of the employees went outside and checked all the carts in the parking lot. It was dark and rainy...but he found them!!!! I was so relieved.

After a long day, when all sorts of other irritating events had happened, I was ready to go home, do some homework, put the baby down, and go to bed myself. But as I was putting my stuff in the car, a young man approached me, saying that he had a family and all the shelters were full and could I spare some change so he could get a room for his family for the night. It made me stop and remember that there are much worse problems out there than lost keys. I'm a single mom and a student so I'm not rolling in dough, but at least I have a roof over my head.

I gave him five dollars.