driving mode

I lost my phone in the worst way the other night! I got home, got out of my car, threw my bag on the roof to get the trash cans in before I went in. I also watered some plants. I grabbed my bag and went inside to change clothes in my room. Then we all had to leave, so I looked around for my phone and it wasn't in my bag. Dumped out the bag. Checked my pockets. I knew my phone had been in my car because it had been playing a podcast on the way home, so I checked the car. I went back in and asked Marc to call my phone.

He called and called and we couldn't hear it anywhere. Wasn't in my room, wasn't in my car.

I thought, what if I start my car, see if bluetooth connects again, then I'll at least know it's close? But I couldn't find my car KEYS.

Surely I'd put my keys in my bag so did they fall off the roof when I put my bag on the roof? Was my phone with them?

I found the keys had slid down my windshield and were sitting on the wipers. Still no phone. Then Marc found my phone on the ground beside the car.

My phone had been in "driving mode" so it wasn't making any noise or vibration when we called it.

That's a special new iphone feature to avoid distracting you as a driver... great idea but OHMIGOD the lost phone was stressful!

So I've turned off driving mode now. I'll avoid distractions on my own, I need my phone to make noise when it's called, dammit.