Last night before my book club meeting, I met my friend Robin for dinner. We found a Pizza Hut on Google Maps and decided to meet there, but upon arrival we realized it was takeout only. So I hopped in her car and we drove down the road to a different restaurant. After dinner we drove together to the book club location, and she took me to my car afterward.

As we approached the parking lot in front of the Pizza Hut, we realized my car was not where I left it. My heart stopped for a minute, but then Robin goes, “Is that your car over there?” Sure enough, there it was at the back of the lot with the rear tires on top of the curb.

What. The. Hell?

I always (ALWAYS!) park in first, so there was no reason that my car would roll. We were dumbfounded. But when we looked inside, turns out I had left it in neutral. Oops! When Robin pulled up earlier that night, I was waiting with my car idling in neutral, and when I got out to ride with her, I guess I didn’t put it in first like I normally would.

However, the parking lot was completely flat. Why would my car start rolling? Did someone bump into it or even push it somehow? And also, even if it did start to roll on its own, there’s no way it would pick up enough momentum to hop the curb like that. It didn’t roll far enough to pick up that much speed. It would have rolled into the curb and stopped. So I really can’t figure out what happened.

I’m glad there wasn’t another vehicle behind it to run into, but my car was on a curb! In the bushes! There was no damage, but man, how disconcerting.