Today was a 'fun' day...
I managed to leave our spare key in the lock on the inside of the house...so we were unable to get it for a few hours!
It's amazing how a seemingly unconnected series of events led up to that very moment when I realized that I had locked us out!
- If it wasn't for Katie leaving the key in the lock on the outside the day before.
- If it wasn't for Lesley finding the key and putting it in a different place.
- If it wasn't for Lesley already unlocking the door to put the rubbish out at 7:30 this morning.
- If it wasn't for the door bell ringing at 8 a.m. with some mail I had to sign for.
- If it wasn't for me not finding the key that I had to use the spare.
- If it wasn't for me realizing that the door was unlocked as I turned the key...that I left it in there!
- If it wasn't for me deciding that I would go with Lesley to take Katie to school.
- If it wasn't for Lesley and I have a minor argument that made me rush out of the front door without checking.
And...
- If it wasn't for the fact that last time it happened we decided to keep a back-door key on our key-chain just in case.
- If it wasn't for the fact that we always leave the key in the back-door every day anyway! (so we couldn't get in that way!)
Yet...as Lesley said (repeatedly!) it was all my fault!
But...
- If it wasn't for the kind old man who lives opposite lending us his ladder.
- If it wasn't for this man to suggest that we put our hands through the small window to open the big window.
That we got back in!
All-in-all...things could have been a lot worse...and I could have been a locksmith's fees worse off!
But I wasn't.
So...we now are making sure that we take a key from our patio door...that we don't always leave a key in!
Who said that you can't (eventually) learn from things that happen to you...even if it does take TWO attempts to remind you!
And...if we ever get locked out and can't easily get back in again...then it IS my fault!
Posted by vurnumg
