Places I have searched for my keys tonight

the basket where I keep the keys
everywhere on the same shelf
the pockets of everything I was wearing when I last saw them
inside all the shoes we aren't wearing
my desk and Wax's desk and everything on them
all the desk drawers
inside the couch, under the furniture
in the dirty clothes
in the bathroom and in the shower
beside, on, and under the bed
the refrigerator, drying rack, and kitchen cabinets
in with the dog and cat food
in every purse I own
in all the bags we had with us when we got home


So I guess brain-turned-off!me put them down someplace very, VERY weird.

stupidest person in Finland at finding keys award

Did I tell you about the time we were hours late somewhere because we couldn't find my mom's keys? Mom and I turned the house upside down repeatedly and I finally found the keys on the ironing board in the hallway, under the waistcoat she'd been ironing - in the same place she'd looked three times.

I mention this so you know I came by it honestly... I found my keys in the bottom of the purse I was going to take out last night (only then I didn't because I couldn't find my keys). Like, they were in the key basket and then, with my brain turned off, I put them in the bag and put everything else on top of them, and then failed to find them when I dumped the bag out looking for them later. Because I haven't even used that bag in months, so I grabbed it after a mental debate over bag color and size and I must have literally picked it up less than 1 minute before my "Can't find keys!"-panic set in.