We have a SUPERB afternoon on the river... absolutely perfect! Bald eagles soar above us, salmon jump and splash near us. We ride small rapids and shoals, and stop for a picnic lunch on a beautiful plateau of rocks full of sparkling quartz, where I try without much success, to build an Inukshuk, while TT looks for gold. :)
We are about three quarters of the way downriver, when TT asks me where my car keys are. I KNOW as soon as the words are out of MY mouth, that they are NOT the right ones. I left them in the truck, of course! I only have one set, and I instinctively thought, "I can't afford to lose my keys on the river, so I will leave them in the truck." TOTALLY forgetting, of course, that we needed MY keys to get into Jiminy and take TT back UP river to get his truck.
In MY defense, although YES, I was a total ditz, I H..A..D told TT I was leaving my keys and my cell in his truck, when we put in upriver. Did he listen? NO! Typical male.
To his credit, and probably because he is SUCH a great canoeist and outdoors man, he just laughed, and continued to laugh all the way down to where my car was. Attempting to make amends for what was really MY blunder totally, I insisted he call now and not wait, for someone to come to our aid. His wonderful son-in-law did, and arrived at my car at the exact same time we pulled in off the river.
I must add that I was NOT the only Nounoune here. A colleague of mine was canoeing with her husband, and friends, and there sat the two husbands, waiting for her to come back with keys. When she got back, I smiled and said, "I am OLD, what is your excuse?" A quizzical look and the reply "Baby Brain?", since she has two young children, made us both laugh. We hugged and agreed that we had had even MORE time outside on this glorious day, SO... forgetting our keys was NOT such a bad thing. Wouldn't you agree?
PS: Definition of "nounoune?" Woman who behaves stupidly!
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