PREGGIE PANIC AT COSTCO PARKING LOT HAS FORTUNATE ENDING
So, after shopping for over an hour at Costco yesterday, I set out for the car w/a cartload full of food. Only problem was, I couldn't find the car. I was pushing this oversized cart around the lot, looking and looking for the car. I know I parked in front of a tree, I know I locked it. But the car was lost, or stolen. I went into a panic. I went back inside, beckoned for security to help me. Please help me, I think my car was stolen! My heart raced, my insides tightened w/fear, my worry was in over-drive. What if the car was stolen? How would I get all this food home? Could I return everything I just bought? Costco security set out to look for my car. They asked me for the license plate number, but I couldn't remember. A manager-type lady enlisted Costco employees to look for the car. I told her I was pregnant and was stressed about my car. She told me she has worked there for 10 years, and no one's car was stolen, but lots of people forget where they parked. She kept saying, we'll find it, we'll find it. I didn't believe her. Greg is going to be so mad about this! I was going to start crying when one of the employees said they found it. "Does it have an Obama sticker on it?" Does it? I almost couldn't remember. But yes, it was our car. It was right where I left it, only I didn't remember where I parked and couldn't find it. Costco employees were so nice. They told me to pull the car to the store and they would load my groceries for me. I asked them if this happens a lot, and one guy said, "Almost every day." On the way home, Greg called to check on me. I burst into tears telling him I thought the car had been stolen and how I couldn't find it, I panicked and everything else. He calmed me down and helped me feel better. Lesson to be learned... do not go to Costco alone while pregnant. I need another person to make up for my lack of memory and basic brain functions.