And I do mean Weird!

On Wednesday, I returned home from my Library run & volunteering at the
local Humane Association.  Parked the Jeep near the garage (we use the
garage more for storage, and it 's detached from the house, at the back of
the property, abut 30-40 yards from the back door), and entered the house
with my find(s).

One of my finds was an audio book on CD.  Popped it into one of the CD-Rom
on the 'puter, and started catching up on the NGs.

About an hour later, I head to the kitchen to refresh my ice-water.  On the
way I glance out back, and I stand there with my mouth hanging open,
staring.  I imagine I looked like one of those cartoon characters with it's
jaw on the floor, question marks and exclamation points surrounding my head.
My brain wasn't wanting to comprehend what my eyes were seeing:  My Jeep had
rolled from it's parking spot, through the back yard (going between and
missing both a mighty elm and a picnic table), not stopping until it hit
(and knocked over) the double shepherd's hook that our bird feeders are on.
It appears to be nicely parked in the back yard, nose in toward the back
porch ("da tiled room").  My Jeep has an auto tranny - since I'm a lefty and
suck at trying to shift gears - so I still don't know exactly what happened.

I get my keys, and go out back.  I stand there for a minute or two, looking
at the Jeep.  More question marks surround my head as I scratch it (I might
add that I'm almost giggling as I type this, seeing cartoon versions of
myself in my mind).  I get in the Jeep (I check, it seems to be in "Park"
just fine) & back it up, get out, get the shepherd's hook out of the ground
and move the (now grounded) bird feeders off to the side, get back into the
Jeep and drive it around the tree it originally missed, an park it back in
it's "normal" spot, parking brake firmly engaged (not something I normally
do, since it's an auto tranny & has a "Park" gear).

The ground is hard & dry (as well as the grass), so I can barely see the
path the Jeep must have taken.  If it hadn't been for those bird feeders, it
would have rolled into the back porch, and <insert deity of your religion
here> knows how much & what kind of damage would have occurred.  Now that I
think about it, since we want to replace the windows in "da tiled room",
maybe it would have been better had the Jeep did a bit of damage - but it
probably wouldn't have been enough $ to go over our deductible <sigh>.

And Mimi was screaming to be let back there again last night, but there was
a thunderstorm going on (finally, we get some much needed rain), and we
don't like them being back there with all that glass during a storm so we
kept them all in.  Now she's doing her impersonation of an overstuffed
furry-purry paperweight as I type this.  All her crying last night must have
tuckered her out ;)