Let me tell you that I normally have a very good memory but something happens to me when I go into the hospital parking structure at Reno. I tend to lose all sense of direction and it literally wipes out my memory on where I parked the car earlier that day. Two days straight, as I was leaving work, I couldn't find my car.
The first day I had no clue where it was but fortunately I had my guide, Jane with me and she had the brilliant idea of pressing the little clicker continuously until we found it via the beeping.
Fast forward 20 hours and we are getting ready to leave the hospital for the airport. This time I had parked in an end spot and I thought I knew right where the car was. We were parked on level 3 and this was noted when we arrived in the morning when someone remarked: "I have 3 kids and we are on level 3". So after getting off the elevator at level 3 I can't find the car. I almost began to panic that the car wasn't where we left it. To further embarrass myself, I called Larry and asked him where did he move the car? What practical joke were they playing on me? He didn't have a clue what I was talking about. (So then I remember, Kim push the button) I push the clicker, and hear far off beeping. Finally, I find the car. We had walked up to level 3 not down to level 3. STUPID.
Fast forward 3.5 hours I am on the phone with Ray walking aimlessly in the Burbank airport parking structure. While talking to him I managed to walk the 2nd and 3rd floors without finding the car. I finally realize that since I was going to be in Reno for 3 days I had parked in the cheaper lot. Once I recalled this deviation from my normal routine I found the car immediately and proceeded to exit the parking lot. Luckily, Raj had the night off and I was on my way in a matter of seconds.
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Now if you could just work on a system for:
1) Finding your keys
2) Finding your wallet
3) Finding your Driver's License
4) Finding your ATM card
5) Finding your GPS mount
6) Finding the phone around the house
That would be real progress.
I love you.
ugh, I have this issue sometimes, too. Our office has 2 buildings, about a 5 minute walk away from each other. I was in one building pretty much all afternoon, and I distinctly rembered parking at that building when I got back from lunch. I left work at 7:30 that Friday night and walked up and down the parking lot looking for my car. It was nowhere to be found. I had to walk down to the other building on a wing and a prayer that my car was in that lot. Thankfully it was, but what a huge pain in the butt.
Since you always have your phone with you, atleast outside of your house, why not take a picture of the nearest sign or landmark in the parking structure. That way you won't have to worry about remembering, it will be in the phone.
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