This last Saturday, Steve spent the entire day somewhere else. It was rainy and cold and I was in charge of children who had too messy of rooms and too much energy not being put to clean said messy rooms. I also had 12 loads of laundry to do. I'm not kidding.
It wasn't a good day.
late in the afternoon, I was stressed enough I needed a break. I headed for my room (um, stormed might be apropriate, but I'm not admitting to it.) I shut my door forcefully and collapsed onto my bed to read. I had a nice relaxing couple of chapters with Miss Woodhouse who was still getting over her embarrassment for misreading Mr. Elton's signals. After a few more deep breaths I was ready to enter the fray again.
I turned my door knob. Door wouldn't budge.
Turned the knob a little harder and tugged harder. nothing.
Pulled and tugged. nothing.
Kicked it. nothing, but then I wasn't expecting that to help.
Pulled again.
Tried to pull the door knob off and it was pretty firmly attatched.
The door knob, 50 years old and original to the house, had finally broken. I had asked Steve to replace it over a year ago and even bought a door knob which has since disapeared because it wasn't used and that's what things do when we buy them and then don't use them for a year. It's like a time activated black hole.
Steve's points value was swiftly plummeting in concordance with the rising screams of contending children from the other end of the house. The end of the house I couldn't get to because I was locked in my own dang bedroom.
It was at this point that I realized I had the best excuse in the world for spending the rest of the day in bed hanging out with Miss Woodhouse as she trips through her pebble-y social life (not rough enough for rocks.)
Then Libby screamed. again.
It suddenly occured to me that I have two ground floor windows in my room and the locks are conveniently on the inside.
I did wonder as I pushed out the screen what my neighbors would think of seeing me climb out my own window. Were they looking for smoke from the roof? Checking for bruises and an angry husband? Thinking I finally went mad?
I spent the next hour completely ignoring the last five loads of laundry. I was not about to go climbing through my bedroom window again just to get the laundry baskets.
Steve was a smart man and sent me out alone to buy a new door knob while he did laundry. I bought a pretty one.
3 comments:
I have some good stories, but I can't duplicate that one!
I sometimes wonder if you are my long-lost twin. Our lives are eerily similar. Darn five kids.
What an adventure! That is too funny! I'm good at locking myself out of my car but I have never locked myself in my room before. It's a good thing Miss Woodhouse was there to keep you company. I never get tired of having her to my house.
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