Where's My SD Card?

We rushed to get to the beach at sunset (sun already set as we walked the steps down to the sand)...but the lighting was still fair so we continued to rush to get the picture.Nathan quickly grabbed my camera, we got posed, and away he shot...over and over, leaving me thinking "we at least got ONE that will do"...
Then as darkness set in, I grabbed back the camera to realize there was no memory card.
I put the card in (major rush now) and gathered back the fam for round 2.
After round 2 (by which Lincoln clearly made known there would be NO round 3), I grabbed back the camera to realize it had been on the total WRONG setting the whole time.
By the time I got everything right, the lighting was gone, Lincoln would have nothing to do with the camera, and well, the moment had just passed.
So, here's to bad lighting, wrong settings, and independence. :)