Just a story of dumbness for entertainment

[Watertooner]

On my last trip to a local lake, I thought I was doing well by packing the car the night before I left. In my hurry to leave the next morning, I didn't do a mental checklist of all the "necessaries". Got to the lake, started unloading all the equipment and panicked after realizing I didn't see my handpump laying out with the rest of the stuff. Started kicking myself while slowly walking to the car to begin the task of putting everything away and thinking of what to say to my buddy who was going to arrive in a few minutes. Panic turned to relief when I spied the pump laying on the floor under a blanket. I wasn't dumb for forgetting the pump, just dumb for forgetting I had loaded it. Feels about the same, but the consequences aren't as steep.
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