How the Blue Bin Saved the Day!

Today I join my fellow bloggers in "serving up a slice" 

         to the Tuesday Slice of Life sponsored by 

                        Two Writing Teachers.

I grab the blue book bin and circle the car one more time searching for the elusive list of poets featured in the Poetry Storybox.  I make a quick stop at each door, check the errand basket in the back seat, and the bin of poetry books in the trunk. Aha!  There's my writer's notebook, and the list should be in it.  Nope!  Maybe it's on the passenger side with the things I'm taking to school tomorrow.  Not there either.  I must have left it on the kitchen table.  That's okay, I can access it from the library computer.  I grab a pen, click the lock, and walk purposefully toward the library.  My errand list is long, so I promise to stay focused on today's job - poetry books for tomorrow's lesson.  Plus I'm really hungry and I promise myself I'll stop for lunch when this task is finished.  No other book distractions for me.  That's when I slide my hand into my pocket.   Oops, my keys aren't there.  Maybe they are in my other pocket.  Not there.  Maybe they are in my purse, not there either.  I retrace my steps and look in the window.  There, on the front seat are my car keys!

Oh well, thank goodness I have AAA.  Recalling an experience from last spring, I know I will wait awhile for my rescuer.  That's okay.  There are plenty of books in the car, and I'll just pop open the trunk and sit there while I wait.  No . . .  I won't be popping open the trunk because I don't have my keys!  At 1:11 I call AAA and wait on hold for six minutes as I watch the power level on my phone drop ever lower.  When they finally answer, I'm told there are still 22 people on hold after me.  It is now 1:17, but someone will arrive by 2:02 p.m.  They inform me that I will receive a call from the dispatcher.  I remind them that my phone battery is low, so please come even if I don't answer.  At 1:38 the phone call from the dispatcher comes through, and at 1:57 my knight in dark tattoos arrives!

This is the first time I've ever celebrated waiting for AAA:
1.  I had my writer's notebook and pen.
2.  I challenged myself and actually recalled 16 of the 20
     poets from the list.
3.  I started writing this slice.
4.  I worked on my "to do" lists.
5.  I was in a covered garage on a pleasant afternoon.
6.  I sat on the blue bin when I got tired of standing
     (with a few breaks to shake out the patterned designs
      on my backside).

Lessons learned;
1.  Lock the car with keys and clicker in hand.
2.  Keep my phone charged.
3.  Stash an energy bar in my purse.