What I Did Last Night....or an Essay on How Stupid I Am.

[ScreamingMeemie]

And lame too...

Around 9:30 I sent BabyG off to bed and then read for a few. At 10-ish, I went outside and took Jessie with me. Boy it was really nice outside...at that time of the NIGHT FROM HELL. Becoming tired, I decided to go back in, only to realize, for some stupid reason, I had locked the door. Crap... I felt in my pockets hoping that I had (because I've never done that before) stuck a key, or a phone, or a magic genie lamp...in my pocket. I had not. So I went to BabyG's bedroom window. At this point he had only been asleep an hour so, really, how far asleep could he be? Very. Very very. I banged on the window, Jessie helpfully barking at my heels. I peeked through the smidge of blind, ducking and nodding, until I could see one centimeter of his face. The centimeter that was his eyeball...closed. I went around to the front of the house and leaned on the doorbell, 8,459 1/2 times in a row. Licorice, the cat, was very helpful...sitting on the other side of the window with her GIANT Maine Coone eyes, wooooo-ing at me to come on in already. So I kept saying,"Licorice, go get BabyG..." because she loves him (not) and will run to do this. She did run, but just around the living room, wooting and meeping all the way...and then back again. At the point that I realized Baby would not get up if there was an air raid going on...I examined my options: 1. sleep on the back patio which sounded like freezing to death (it was *chilly* by Houston standards last night) or 2. walk to the nearest neighbor who had a key. This is the only neighbor with a key and is not so much a neighbor as a cousin who lives across the main thoroughfare in another neighborhood that's a 10 minute walk. I really had no option and went with 2. Only I was wearing pajamas, and slippers, and a robe...and hoping that, while I was walking a cop didn't drive up and suspect me as an escapee from a local group home and/or a neighbor recognize me and think I was more of a nutjob than I already am and call the cops (see beginning of run on sentence). Did I mention the part where I'm in a walking cast for a plantar fascia injury (yes, stupid me) but had taken it off for sleep so the walk was really more of an Igor-like hobble?

Long story short...or mid length, I made it to cousin's- they felt bad for me (or think I am a nutjob), after cousin woke husband up to see who/what was ringing the doorbell at midnight, and even drove me home with the key to unlock the stupid door.

And yes, I am buying a thingy to hide the key in, or just hiding a stupid key so this doesn't happen again...

Today should be a much nicer day.

[bicentennial_baby]

1. ...

:rofl:

:hug: I'm sorry for laughing.

:loveya:

[ScreamingMeemie]

2. It's okay. I laughing too...now...sort of , in a way.

:hug: :loveya:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

3. BabyG and I would get along -- I can sleep through anything

EVERYTHING wakes LostinVA up, which is really quite annoying.

You're story made me crack the fuck up, though.

[ScreamingMeemie]

13. Honest to god, I was banging on the window right by his little sweet

head...nothing. I asked him in the morning if he had any strange dreams that included pounding or bells ringing insistently...nothing.

Happy Birthday again! I wish I could buy you a birthday drink.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

37. We're going to martini night tonight -- I'll mail you the tab

I had a really bizarro dream last night.

[WillParkinson]

4. I feel for you...

Honestly I do.

:rofl:

No, honest.

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. I'm getting a lot of that from friends and family.

Now that I am "safe", it's hysterical.

[1gobluedem]

5. Oh yikes!

That sounds horrible. I'm so glad your cousin was nearby and I wish that I could sleep as hard as BabyG. What did he have to say about all that?

The walking cast adds the perfect pathetic touch.

I had a similar incident a week or so ago after I locked the keys in the car when I went to go get the garbage cans after I got home. I called Mr1goblue from the neighbor's phone since mine was locked in the car; of course he didn't pick up because he didn't recognize the name or number (the curse of caller ID and/or cell phones) and he only listens to messages once in a blue moon so I had to call a tow truck to come and unlock the car (which they did 45 minutes and $65 later). Mr1goblue miraculously did listen to the message and called the neighbor back to say he'd be there in five minutes but five in his world is sixty in everyone else's so the tow truck beat him.

Three days later we had a brief power surge that somehow affected Sprint phones and my message bounced back into his phone as new. He listened to it two hours later than the time it said it had come in and called in a panic to make sure I'd gotten into the house. After we figured out what had happened I asked him if he really thought I'd locked my keys in the car AGAIN; "what kind of moron would do that?" I asked? "Um...I would" was the reply. And he's right....:rofl:

[ScreamingMeemie]

15. "Um...I would"...

:rofl: Too funny.

[vard28]

6. That'll be a great story

to tell at the next family gathering. Sounds like something I'd do. :rofl:

[ScreamingMeemie]

16. I know.

Especially since it was family that saved my butt. :)

[QueenOfCalifornia]

7. What a

maroon!
:rofl:

[ScreamingMeemie]

17. Pretty much. I'm thinking I will have a key made into an earring, so

it will always be with me. :)

[WannaBeGrumpy]

8. hehehehehehe...

:rofl:

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. Right...go ahead...laugh...

Kittimus wouldn't have done any freaking better at waking BabyG up. x(

[WannaBeGrumpy]

38. Right, Kittimus would have just unlocked and opened the door for you...

:rofl:

[PeaceNikki]

9. I had a co-worker with a modified version.

His name was Ed.

One day, Ed didn't show up to work. No call, no show. This was very strange. Ed was a manager and a very responsible person. A couple hours into the day, we started to worry. After discussion among a few of us, we decided to call his wife. Ed's wife became very worried, too, she hadn't heard from him since she left for work that morning.

So... fast forward several hours and we get a call from Ed and find out what happened: they had just moved into a new house and he was a smoker, but only smoked outside or in their attached garage. He woke up and went out into the garage to have a cigarette... in his underwear... and locked himself out of the house. So, rather than open the garage door and meet his new neighbors in his skivvies, he sat in his car and waited... all day until his wife came home.

I'm sorry that happened to you.

[ScreamingMeemie]

20. Oh...that's funny.

I'm so glad I'm not alone. :rofl:

[Jamastiene]

10. Awwww,

I hope today goes better for you than last night did. :hug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

21. So far, so good. I'm going to see Twilight at the dollar theater...

for the 52 millionth time with a good friend I've met. I can't get enough of Edward. :loveya:

[DS1]

11. I had to punch out a back window once

It was dark, the door closed behind me while letting out the cat. The Asian ( and yes it's fucking relevant that they're Asian ) who didn't speak much english wouldn't even open the door and talk to me, and instead called a Tow Truck. Big help. Eventually I got cold and broke a window near the door handle, and laughed as both guard dogs fled and hid in the dark inside.

[ScreamingMeemie]

22. I was *this close* to breaking a window...

but the house is so pretty and new and I know it will only be a matter of time before it's broken anyway.

And...that story is hysterical. :rofl:

[leftyclimber]

12. If you'd like to feel a little better

I once locked myself out of the house when it was -20 out. There was nobody around, so I had to wait four hours outside until my now ex got home. I was dressed for work -- lightweight shoes, dress coat, no longies, and so on. All my neighbors were at work, and it was several miles to the nearest store. Had I been smart, I would have walked the miles. I was not smart.

I got to a point where I stopped shivering and was starting to feel warm. Shortly after that I saw a folding chair in the carport. I thought, "Oh, good. A chair. I can sit down and wait. I'll just take a little nap."

Luckily some animal part of my brain realized that if I fell asleep I would die, and that I was hypothermic and better do something about it quick. I paced in the carport for the rest of those four hours, obsessing over how close I'd come to killing myself.

[ScreamingMeemie]

23. I am really glad you didn't kill yourself.

And I am officially a baby for thinking that 40 degrees is cold. :)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

19. Mr GoG did that while I was away last summer...

He remembered a trick window frame that the dog had broken years ago as a puppy, and Mr GoG had never bothered to fix. Given the circumstances, I guess I'm glad he hadn't fixed it; because the nearest neighbor with a key is my mom; and she's about 3 miles away...a long walk in your pjs.

I'm glad you got back in! :hug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

24. Thank good ness for puppies...

:hug:

How have you been?

[trof]

25. Could be worse. Naked, outside your hotel room.

Note to self: When you decide to just quickly get the newspaper right outside the door, CLOSE THE WINDOW!
:-(

[ScreamingMeemie]

28. Oh no!

That had to be something. :hug:

[trof]

40. It was like a bad dream.

It was about 5 a.m.
I thought "Nobody will be out there. I'll just snatch the paper."
The wind through the open window blew the door shut behind me.

I grabbed the paper and held it in front of the 'naughty bits'.
And stood there.
Sweating bullets.

While I was trying to figure what the hell to do now...a room service waiter came down the hall to collect the trays that had been left outside rooms.
I explained what had happened.
"Do you have a pass key?"
"No, but I'll get one. Stay right here."
Where the hell was I going to go?

In the longest 5 minutes I've ever passed in my life, I stood there.
He came back with the key.
I tipped him ten bucks.

[Lil Missy]

26. I did something similar many years ago.

I stayed up late to finish my taxes, so I could get it to the post office that night. My thinking was to get the refund quickly. So, off I go in my PJ's, mailed my taxes, and back home.

Oops! I forgot to grab the house keys, and was locked out. I had a spare set of keys in my desk at work. *groan*. So, off I went to the office, walked into the building and went to the 5th floor to my desk. In my pajamas!

Luckily nobody saw me, unless security saw me on camera and thought
:wtf:

[ScreamingMeemie]

29. I hope your office wasn't too far away...

:rofl: :hug:

Enjoy your weekend.

[merh]

27. I have keys hidden all over the place

I have to, I'm always locking myself out.

Thank god I bought a vehicle that cannot be locked without the key.


I've been to Houston, you were not out of character. ;)

:hug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

30. I think that's the way I'm going to have to go.

:hug:

I am glad I have Onstar to unlock my car...if that ever happens.

[merh]

33. actually, it became a game

like mission impossible when I was a kid (the real show and I loved playing spy) - creative ways to hide keys - the plastic film canister from 35mm film is ideal for hiding keys in and then hiding in flower boxes, under cement slabs, etc.

Oh, and this is pretty cool too -



http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=47636-382-5401D&lpage=none

:hug:

[Strong Atheist]

31. We all have done things like that...

or at least I have...:blush:

:hug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

42. I don't close the door without a key in my hand...for now.

:) :hug: :hi:

[graywarrior]

32. .

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[ScreamingMeemie]

43. Hey you!

:hi:

[RFKHumphreyObama]

34. Ugh! You poor thing

:hug: Hope you've recovered today

I can relate. I had a very similar experience last year which, believe or not, was almost as bad as yours. It involved me being locked out of the house after having forgotten the key and, since no-one was home, having to:
(1) Almost literally break down the door leading to our back garden because it had become jammed and wouldn't open properly
(2) Attempt to open the kitchen window wide enough to crawl in (and at the same time remove all the various plants and glass ornaments that were in the way and trying to place them somewhere where they wouldn't be knocked over when I tried to enter the house) I unintentionally broke two garden chairs in the process. For all my efforts, nothing worked
(3) Search the garden extensively for our hidden key, which was so well-hidden that I couldn't find it and even my sister couldn't find it when she came a while later
(4) Finally give up and call my sister, who lived 20 minutes away, so she could come and open the door. Lucky I had my cell phone on me

All the time while dressed in formal attire (including a coat) because I had just come back from a Church service

It happens to the best of us.

[ScreamingMeemie]

44. Oh no... That sounds horrible.

:hug: I'm glad you were saved as well.

[LostinVA]

35. Where was Jessie during all this?

[ScreamingMeemie]

45. Barking helpfully, at my heels.

:eyes:

[TheCentepedeShoes]

36. I almost locked myself out of

my hotel room in a tee shirt and underpants. I was at the Raddison in Tallahassee, on a house buying trip. At the end of the day I stopped in the hotel lounge for a couple of drinks and to go over what I'd looked at with my Realtor. Ordered a filet and fixin's for room service, with, well...another drink. Got comfy in my room in tee shirt and underpants, covered by a big robe. Dinner arrived, I chucked the robe and tucked in while watching part of an L&O marathon. After I was done I went to put the tray in the hall and almost let the door, uh, hit me in the butt on the way out. Caught it just in time, would have been a nice sight going down the elevator to the front desk for a key.

[ScreamingMeemie]

46. The security cam footage would have been all over the internets.

:)

[WannaBeGrumpy]

39. Also, one time you weren't home and i had to climb on top of my car...

and through the window to get in

:D

[ScreamingMeemie]

47. I remember.

Really nice and thrilling.

[XemaSab]

41. Yesterday the plumber came over

and while I was outside with the dude one of the dogs locked the back door.

Fortunately the front door was open, but yeah, it was lame.

[ScreamingMeemie]

48. What a smart little doggy.

:)