What a Horrible Friday Night!

14 years ago

What a weekend! Saturday and Sunday were fine but Friday night was a disaster. Friday was the schoolÂs graduation and our award ceremony. Our ceremony went very well but it was after that things went downhill. I normally get off work at 4:30 but had to help out at the ceremony.

DH dropped me off at work in the morning and said he was going shopping and going home. I told him I wouldnÂt get off work until 5:45 and to pick me up then. Well, at 5:45 I went outside andÂno DH.

At 6:00 pm I called him on the cell phone and he said that he was stuck on the interstate in the storm and wouldnÂt get to my work for another hour. (He went to visit his brother and thought he would get back on time). So I told him I would wait here for him. At 7:15 I went outside and Â.No DH.

I called him again and said "where are you"?? He was REALLY mad and said he was now stuck in downtown Chicago. Because of the storm he got off the interstate and then got on the wrong ramp and somehow ended up downtown (and DH HATES downtown Chicago). He then said he was 3 hours away. Well I was mad but said I would get home somehow. Luckily the graduation ceremony had just ended and when I told our Dean what happened I had several offers to drive me home. One of the counselors said he would take me home with no problem. SoÂ.our counselor drives me home and after he pulled away it was then I discovered I was locked out of the house. I left my house keys in the truck.

So here I was cold, tired and mad at my husband. So I decided that since we were getting new doors installed on Saturday that I was just going to bust in one of the doors. I went across the street to our neighbors and I asked him to bring over his saber saw and cut a hole in the door. Once he did that we unlocked the door and I finally got into the house at 8:30. I then called DH and told him I was in the house and he said he was still on the road. I waited up for him and he finally got home at 1:00 am. WHAT A NIGHT!

Saturday the guy came to install our new doors and wondered why there was a big hole in our garage door. I just told him "this is what happens when I get locked out of the house." At least that will never happen again. We now have new locks with extra keys.

SamKaren

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Happy_Go_Lucky_Gayle
14 years ago
Doghouse for Hubby! Naughty, Naughty.

Nothing worse than being locked out of the house. I have a broken window in my Laundry Room from being locked out. Grrrr!
Marilyn Sue McClintock
14 years ago
I'm glad you finally made it home and was able to get in. Many years ago, in a rented house in winter, I stepped outside probably to take garbage out and the wind blew the door shut on me. I had a one and two year old in the house. I was locked out and it was so cold. Hardest thing I had to do was take a rock and break the window so I could reach in to the door knob. Some days are just like that! My weekend was not all good! Things have got to get better, right?

Sue
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susan_on
14 years ago
That was good timing, that you were getting a new door anyway. I'm glad you were able to get in.

My weekend was terrible too. I hurt my back cleaning on Saturday, it is really bad. Last night it was just starting to feel better, and I did a little clean up in the green house and now I can hardly walk. It's a real bummer too, because I'm on vacation this week, and I had plans. I have a desk job, so I can go to work like this, but it's going to slow my plans for this week down.
pawsitive_gw
14 years ago
I once had to crawl through the second story window to get into the house. DH doesn't believe in keys. Oh, we have keys, just not ones to the house. We have so many different locks on the doors. (He was a contractor and saved door locks and keys from remodeling jobs, I put my foot down on toilet seats tho!!) He won't give up old keys, (who knows he might just find the lock it belongs to) but doesn't know where the important keys are!! We had a set hidden outside but when I needed them, they were gone. Thank goodness we had at least one ladder at the house and I had left that one window unlatched for just this reason.
jannie
14 years ago
I got locked out of my house just last week. Luckily one basement window was unlocked so I was able to pull it open and squeeze through. The dog thought I was very funny! If she had hands, she could have opened the door for me! Sorry your day went so bad. Suggestion-always have a backup plan. Your hubby should get a GPS if he gets lost so easily. Mayber for Fathers Day?
samkaren
Original Author
14 years ago
Nice to know I wasn't the only one whose weekend wasn't great.

Jannie...actually my DH has a great sense of direction. I think it was more due to the fact that he was tired, getting frustrated, low on gas and it was pouring rain out.

I'm the one who has a tendancy to get lost. Just the other day I decided to take a back road home and got turned around...and I was only 3 blocks from my house..lol

SamKaren
your resident DJ
jemdandy
14 years ago
The less expensive way into your house, if you have a basement, is to break the glass on one of the basement windows, unlatch and remove the casement window ( most have a provision for lifitng off the hinges ) and climb in. There are a few caveats, however. Pick the right window, the one that where it is possible for you to get in and drop to the floor without hurting yourself or wreaking the sewing machine that was sitting under the window. You have to be able to fit through the window! Don't do it if the drop is too much for you to handle - we don't want to break anything.

The other good location is the BACK door to the garage. If it has a window, break it. Its a lot cheaper to repair.

However, at my house, entering the garage would not get you into our house. You would find a fire door between the garage and house and that it most often is locked when we leave the house.
lynn_d
14 years ago
How frustrating!!!

At times I hate being from a small town but then I read something like this. We have rush minutes! We get a bit perturbed if we have to sit thru a redlight twice.
jenni_ca
14 years ago
At least you were able to get in easily.
I hope the weekend got better.
Wasn't this the weekend you were doing the art show to sell your paintings?
How did that go? Did you sell alot of them?
mariend
14 years ago
As we have steel doors I would be in trouble. Window would get broken.
grittymitts
14 years ago
Bet your DH thinks twice before deciding to visit his brother again on a Friday he's supposed to pick you up from work! There's nothing like big city work traffic on a rainy Fri. afternoon.

He owes you, big time! Don't cha' love it?
samkaren
Original Author
14 years ago
Grittymitts...

Actually DH is on his way to his brothers to drop off a truck load of the old doors for his burn pile. As for owing me....I'm getting Chinese for dinner tonight. He said "I better not come home without it"..lol

Jennie Ca....
The art fair is this weekend. It's supposed to be a beautiful sunny day too. I've been getting ready all week for this. Last night I was getting my greeting cards together. I've decided to sell them for .25 for the small and .50 for the large.

I will let everyone know how it went on Tuesday. I have Monday off for the holiday.

SamKaren
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