Diaper From Heaven

So, from start to finish, we had a very strange outing last night. What possessed us to do this? I have no idea. Blame it on the rain. Blame it on my stir crazy children or their stir crazy parents. Our local mall just recently had a grand opening for their brand new mega wing, effectively making it the largest mall in NW or something impressive like that. Included in the remodel is a children's play area that sounded pretty cool. So, we thought we'd go check it out. We all hop in the car and start on our way until, two seconds later, we find ourselves trapped in the ditch that runs alongside our driveway. Luckily, after some smooth maneuvers a handful of times in and out of the car, a few hamster-is-turning-the-wheel-in-my-brain looks, and Officer hubby fixed the problem and we were on our way. Finally, we arrive at our destination and it is clear that EVERYBODY else in the Pacific NW has also. There was no parking. We drove and drove around and around and around until we were dizzy. As luck would have it, though, some nice folks decided to leave the crazy place and gave up their spot which we promptly backed up and stole. Turns out, parking here is on the complete opposite side of the this new MEGA mall from where we want to be. Oh well. We walk and walk and walk some more. Poor little Timothy is holding onto my hand for dear life, all the while trying to keep up, dodging through all the people coming at us.
We arrive at the packed play area and DH and I sit down for a moment of peace. However, not only is the play area totally LAME and packed, but five minutes after we arrive, DH says, "Timothy smells funny." So, I check him and sure enough, his diaper is FULL. Tell me, do you think I brought a diaper with me?? No! Why would I do that? He only hasn't pooped all day and we were ONLY going to be there for a little while... dumb. You'd think I'd know better by now.
Well, obviously we know we need to get out of there, so we start walking. Timothy at this point is melting down, of course, completely uncomfortable. The mall is so packed with people that we have to regroup by stopping in various out of the way locations, when suddenly, the ray from heaven shines down and all is still and quiet as angels sing. There it is in all it's glorious splendor-- manna from heaven, sweet nectar of life!!--well, sort of. A diaper for the desperate! A single, unused, size 4 Luvs diaper-- a diaper from heaven right there on the floor. Okay, now Steve thought it was really gross that I reached down and nabbed it before anyone else in a desperate situation like ours did, but we were DESPERATE, I tell you!! Don't you understand??!! It was OBVIOUSLY unused... I even had wipes in my purse. There was EVEN a bag provided in the bathroom to take our cloth diaper home in. So I changed him. And the rest is history. We made it to the car whole, happy and clean people. We will never be the same again. So, tell me, what would you have done in my shoes??