who needs keys....

This morning I was going in and out of the house getting ready for work. I had to move the minivan because it was behind the buick (which is the car Nate and I use for work... the rule is you can't drive the minivan unless there are kids with you). Grant went outside with me and was playing in the buick. I threw all of my stuff in the front seat and grabbed him (who was of course kicking and screaming and throwing a typical Grant fit). I went back in the house to hand him off to Nate and grabbed my purse. I was excited to be leaving on time for work. I was even 5 minutes early! I went to open the passenger side door to throw my purse in... locked. Sinking feeling instantly settled in. We don't lock our cars... especially not the buick. I looked over and sure enough, the driver side door was locked too. Now, when I mentioned earlier that I had thrown all of my "stuff" in the front seat that included the only set of keys we have for that car. It also included all of my work stuff and my cell phone. Apparently, Grant had been hitting buttons and had locked the doors. My love for him was overflowing at that moment. I started making phone calls to work to buy some time and try to get my client to come a little later so I could figure things out. Of course, no one had my client's mom's cell phone number. My boss called my cell phone and left a message with her home number on it (my phone was still, of course, locked in the car). I took the van, went to work, was only 10 minutes late and even made it there before my client. Small miracle. Nate in the meantime started calling locksmiths. The first guy came, in an unmarked truck, with greased back hair flopping in the wind (Nate's words). He stayed for an hour trying to get the car unlocked... no success. Have you ever heard of a locksmith not able to get a car unlocked? He gave Nate a number to another guy saying he couldn't get it. Nate called that number. The guy from pop-a-lock came and tried to get it unlocked for about half and hour. He said buicks are really hard to get into because they have double safety bars which don't allow for the proper angle to get to the lock. Then he saw my keys on the front seat. He said, "Oh... if I'd seen those keys I could have just made a key and been out of here in 2 minutes." That is shady to me... what did seeing my keys do? I looked, they don't have a number on them. How could he make a key that worked based on my keys laying on the front seat? But, he went to his truck, made a key and unlocked the door. So, we recommend pop-a-lock much more than the old man in the unmarked pick-up with the greasy hair. Probably don't let Grant play in your car... he continues to hold rank as the most expensive child we have.