Don't Leave Home Without It!

This morning I was doing awesome I had gotten the kids ready and out the door much earlier than normal and I was feeling pretty good about it.  When I started my car I realized that I needed gas.  I pulled into the gas station in Sultan and much to my chagrin realized I had forgotten my wallet at work yesterday.  My gas light was not on yet so I thought maybe, just maybe I could make it to work to get my wallet and fill up before I ran out of gas.  I got outside of Monroe and my gas light went on.  Crap.  I was not going to make it to work, I was too far from home to turn back so I kept driving.  I looked in my purse again and found a check book.  At a gas station in Duvall I ran in and asked if they took checks.  No.  Crap!  I drove over to the Safeway and asked the (very nice) checker if I could right a check for 20 over to buy some gas.  She said of course so I bought the boys each a donut for 50 cents.  I was finally able to get some cash and put some gas in my car.  What a crazy morning!  Any extra time I had by getting out the door early was eaten up by my gas fiasco.  I guess you could look at it as a tender mercy though.  If I had not been out the door early I would have been really late to work.