A Special Kind of "Stupid"

It did not take me long on Saturday to determine that it takes a "special kind of stupid" to not start your Christmas shopping until the weekend before Christmas. But that is okay, because the worst part is that despite a few hours out at the stores on Saturday I still haven't started it! Well I did pick up one gift, so I guess that kind of counts towards starting...

Of course that "special brand of stupidity" was even more evident the night before, or earlier that morning, however you want to look at it. My friend, MC, her 18 month old daughter and I went out for dinner to celebrate my finishing the semester. Then we went to WalMart. By the time we left WalMart it was almost midnight, which of course means the baby was not in any mood to be out, fooled with or to tolerate shenanigans from mommy or "Aunt" Brandy. So as mommy changes her I hand her the keys, like we always do to distract her (thus begins the stupid part). MC puts everything away and I put the baby in the carseat, buckle her in and MC comes behind me to put the stroller in the floorboard under her seat (I tell you this to prove this is not entirely my fault). She shuts the door, and we hear the doors lock. Yep, the baby is in the car with the keys (and the spare set by the way)and we are standing outside at midnight in the WalMart parking lot. We tell the baby to push the button, which of course she knows mommy is better at this than her, so she goes to hand the keys to mommy through the window (which of course doesn't work since the window is rolled up) and they fall out of her reach. We end up having to call the police and have them come break into the car to rescue the baby. Needless to say we were quite mortified!

I am pretty sure that everytime I write a check to pay the very large student loan bills I will remember this story and wonder why I bothered going to school all that time just so I could gain this "special kind of stupid".