Running on fumes

Well that was embarrassing! I was on my way home from the Kindy drop off and my fuel light came on. No worries, I will stop for some fuel. I pulled up at the Servo and began rummaging through the nappy bag...calmly at first, then frantically. I couldn't find my purse! Then it dawned on me, I had left it at home in the handbag that I took out last night! Damn it! The trouble was, I really needed fuel otherwise it was unlikely that I would make it home. The possibilities started going through my mind of what I could do...

I knew Mat had a jerry can of fuel in his shed that was for the mower so I thought maybe I could drive as far as the car would take me and walk the rest of the way to get the jerry can. Then I would walk back to the car, with my purse, top up enough fuel to get me to the Servo and fuel up properly. Nope, that wouldn't work, I didn't have the pram and there was no way I was carrying Elliott all the way home!

I considered driving to my brothers house that was nearby and asking if I could borrow $10 just to put in enough fuel to get home. Then I decided that was a bad idea too because if he wasn't home or didn't have any cash on him, I would have wasted even more fuel. Logically I could have called him on my mobile of course, but it too was in my handbag at home! Genius :)

Next I thought about just fuelling up and doing a runner...my morals, integrity and honesty got in the way of me doing that one!

Then I thought about just pleading my case with the cashier that I had left my purse at home, fuel up and assure him that I would be back. The only trouble with that is that they like to hold onto your licence or something of value to ensure you come back. Without my purse or my phone, the only thing I had of value was Elliott and there was no way I was trading him for fuel!

Finally, I began searching through the car for loose change knowing Sophie had recently had her toy purse in there loaded with silver coins. I managed to come up with five whole dollars, made up of many, many silver coins scattered over the floor. I then slowly put my $5 of fuel in the car to make it look like I was not a cheapskate and only putting $5 in...I wanted to make it look like the time I had spent at the pump was at least $20 worth!! Then I had to sheepishly go in and pay for my fuel....it was very embarrassing!

Thankfully though, we had enough fuel to make it home and later today I will head back to the Servo, purse in hand, and fill the car right up...well maybe I will go to a different Servo just in case the same cashier is on!!