I just did something ridiculous.
I was walking my dog this morning and I didn't bring my house key because I thought my roommates knew I'd be back in 20 minutes. I got back and the door was locked. I had no key, no phone, and no money. Just an anxious and confused dog.
I started banging on the door hoping my other roommate was home and was just sleeping. I had no luck. At the prospect of sitting on my stoop for hours and hours I decided to try to figure out a way in.
I live on the fourth floor. At first I went down to the lower floors to see if I could find a ladder. We have a porch you see, and I thought maybe I could climb up. No ladder.
Next I climbed up to the roof and I looked down to my porch. I was hoping maybe there was some way I could shimmy down. But there was no such way, I'd just have to jump straight down and it looked too high, so I decided to nix the idea.
After 20 more minutes of sitting on my stoop I decided I could take no more of it and I went back to the roof. I looked down to my porch again and that time it didn't seem too high. Still, I thought I might break an ankle or something. I started to look around the roof and I saw all of these cushions from old sofas that were sitting on the roof. This gave me an idea.
I started throwing the cushions down onto my porch in a pile. Eventually, I got a bunch of cushions to land in one place. I looked down and I thought "if I go for this, there's no turning back."
I climbed off the ledge and got myself hanging my my fingertips dangling above the cushions. This is when I decided that this was a terrible idea an that I should turn back. But it was too late, I couldn't retract myself with my fingertips. So I did the only thing I could do; I let go.
And I survived! I got the wind knocked out of me and I'm still shaking. But ya gotta do what ya gotta do.
Now if only you had a camera to film it to create suspenseful zooming angles and an epic musical score to illustrate the high stakes of the moment...
ReplyDeleteBut seriously, you're ridiculous.
Only my daughter. Mark says 'lesson learned': ALWAYS bring your keys........
DeleteLol. Lesson learned! It happened to me years ago. I left a car key in my car at the mall. I couldn't make a phone call. I couldn't find a security guy at the mall so I walked to my brother's apt. which was about 3 to 5 miles away. Unfortunately, he wasn't at home. So I waited for him to come home. No lucks. So I walked again another 3 to 5 miles away to my parents' house. They weren't at home either. I had no house key. I left them in my car. No neighbors were available at home at the time. Grrrr! Panic came and I had to do something. . . I went to the backyard and decided to break a small window. I opened the door and went inside to the basement for my bike and finally, get a spare key. I trekked back to my car on my bike . . . . . I wish I had filmed it myself for America's Funniest Video Movie.
ReplyDeleteOoops, I mean I left a car key in my "LOCKED" car. I didn't have a spare key with me. So I couldn't make a phone call . . . . and America's Funniest Home Video. not video movie. another oops!
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