Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Locked in

My current project is painting the upstairs hallway. The most challenging part has been priming the woodwork. It's going well. But that is another post - I will be updating with progression pictures. But, as I mentioned, I am taking my time, I only have Saturday mornings and afternoons to paint, so it will be a while. Anyway, since I am painting the seven (!) doors, I took off the door knobs before starting. It's something I neglected to do the other times I painted them and it showed. Whoops.

So anyway, cut to this morning - I was up before everyone else and went to the bathroom for my shower. I accidentally closed the door and locked myself in. No door knob. I tried a barrette to turn the lock. Nothing, except I broke the barrette. I rummaged through the drawer and found razors, medicine cups and ponytail holders. Nothing at all to use to open it. I decided I was stuck. I would have to wake Jason. This could also wake the kids prematurely and I do love the quiet mornings. So I leaned into the hole and whispered, "Jason." Nothing. A little louder, "Jason." Nothing. I had forgotten the vaporizer was still going in our room. Now I was in my normal speaking voice, "Jason.." Nothing. "Jason!" I heard him come over to the door while I explained the situation, and how he would need a flat head screwdriver, which was in the freezing cold basement. He ignored this suggestion and came back a couple seconds later, and turned the lock open. All he said was, "Your sewing scissors work perfectly. I locked myself in the other room a few nights ago."

2 comments:

Deb Hanna said...

hee hee- I thought he grabbed one of the knobs and opened the door. 7 doors stinks. our very little upstairs hallway- 7 ft by 3ft has 5 doors and that was annoying (for Marc not really for me). We take the doors off and lay them on saw horses to paint them.

Bec Odell said...

That's pretty funny. I am not a good painter. I think I will hire the Cooks to paint my new kitchen. We can swap services. Matt can dislodge pasta from your pipes. :)