A Weird Event

Well, I had a minor scare the other day.   Maybe more like a confusion...  I have 2 identical sets of keys.  Doors, sheds, trailer lock, etc.  But one on each is a car key.  And it being modern car, it is really just a remote control.  An expensive remote control.  I've read they cost about $200 to replace.   And I suddenly couldn't find one of the sets.

I checked all the usual places, pant pockets in the laundry hamper, all horizontal surfaces, on the floor, workbench, under the car seats, etc.  No luck!  I was really confused.  Decades ago, when I shared apartments with roommates, I even always knew where their keys (and other small stuff) was!  Well, I'm just generally observant and I have a good visual memory.  So I was baffled, but figured theyy would turn up "someplace".  

Then a horrible thought struck me!  I keep a small bowl in the front passenger seat for small rechargeable recyclable batteries.  I use a lot of them around the house and "rechargeable doesn't mean "forever".  SO When I visit a DIY store, I usually have some to drop in the recycling bin.  I had done that 2 days before.  And I just put them in my pants pockets because this time I had too many to easily hold in hand.

I also routinely put a set of keys in each front pocket.  And so the batteries were in a pocket with a set of car keys.  So at the store, I grabbed everything in my pocket and dumped it in the bin.  And then couldn't find one set on keys.  I decided I must have dumped them in with the batteries!

I immediately drove to the store, and they checked the battery bin.  It was empty!  And it all goes to a regular recycling center...  So I figured I was out of luck.  

A slight aside...  I have 2 boxes next to the front door with LED light fixtures to replace the tube fluorescents currently in my gardening light stand.  I had enveloped a couple of bills not payable online.  On the boxes were the envelopes.  On the envelopes was my lost set of keys!

What a relief!  😃