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chibirisuchan (chibirisuchan) wrote,
@ 2009-07-23 21:55:00

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wtf mate

There are times I would not believe my life if I was not living it myself
Finding oneself locked into one's own guest bedroom is not an event one prepares for.

House is from 1933. All the doors are original. None of them closed when I bought the place. I've replaced all the latches with same-period inserts and the original door hardware is still there. For 3 years this was no problem.

Tonight? Tonight I closed myself into the guest bedroom because it's also the office and the tea room, and the cat is not allowed into the tea room because he's convinced that somewhere there is catnip if he can only destroy enough to get at it. So leaving the door open is not an option.

Putter putter putter, tinker tinker tinker, done with project, go to turn door knob... and it turns and turns and turns and turns and I'm pretty sure it's gone all the way around and hey look at that it HAS gone all the way around and there has been a complete failure to engage the latch. And it goes around again. Oh fun. Now what?

Two windows. One goes out on top of the evillest thorniest (and best-smelling) rose bush ever. The other goes out on top of the giant thorny juniper bush. Did I mention I'm only wearing my pajamas? And that I don't know if my neighbors with my spare key are home from work? And that my parents live in another city? And that if I climb out the window, there is not a darn thing I can do to get back into my house because my purse is in the living room since, strangely enough, I was not anticipating needing my house key while going from room to room INSIDE my house?

And all the tools are in my bedroom and my basement and my garage. I have tools all over the place. I think I even have some in the kitchen. The guest bedroom? No tools. I could get the doorknob fixed with a flat head screwdriver. No screwdrivers in here. Folded over tea bag edges are not sturdy enough. (Yes I know this by empirical experimentation.) The wire hook on a hanging folder is too squiggly to twist correctly. (Also empirical experimentation.) No coat hangers for attempts at lock picking from inside to see if I can get at the latch. Headphone jacks do not substitute for coat hangers. What else have I got in here?

...well, it's the tea room. I have a teaspoon.

I broke out of my guest room with a TEASPOON.

I have since:

Breathed a huge sigh of relief that I didn't need to jump out the window in my pajamas into a thornbush and hobble across the cobblestone street barefoot and half-naked to the neighbors' house,

taken apart and repaired the lock, and

made damn sure that I have a flat-head screwdriver in there now.

...I should probably make sure I have a flat-head screwdriver in all the rest of the rooms, come to think of it.

I swear I wouldn't believe my life if I wasn't living through it.

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	dogmatix 2009-07-24 03:05 am UTC (link)
	Wooow. Congrats on getting out! =D I am also very glad you didn't have to jump out onto evil thorny bushes of thorniness. shudder (Reply to this) (Thread)

	chibirisuchan 2009-07-25 02:54 pm UTC (link)
	XD Yeah, I'm thinking bush trimming is the next big to-do item on my house maintenance list... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	stopthatgirl7 2009-07-24 03:08 am UTC (link)
	I...just...wow. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	chibirisuchan 2009-07-25 02:54 pm UTC (link)
	XD yeah, that was pretty much my reaction too. This IS the story of my life, pretty literally... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	artimusdin 2009-07-24 03:16 am UTC (link)
	So, shall we be calling you Ms. MacGyver now? <3 (Reply to this) (Thread)

	chibirisuchan 2009-07-25 02:55 pm UTC (link)
	Sounds good to me! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	teamromy 2009-07-24 03:33 am UTC (link)
	Ah! Now you are the perfect example of human ingenuity at it's finest! Congratulations, you make the rest of us proud (and thankful that we aren't trapped in our bedrooms with naught but a teaspoon). (Reply to this) (Thread)

	chibirisuchan 2009-07-25 02:56 pm UTC (link)
	heee - thanks! Although you're up there on the ingenuity scale yourself, what with the whole "combat by umbrella" thing. (And then there's Reno, who is probably pictured in the dictionary next to the word...) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	teamromy 2009-07-26 05:10 pm UTC (link)
	Awww, shucks - thanks. Reno's picture is probably laid out next to a lot of words in the dictionary... O_o;;; (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chibirisuchan 2009-07-25 02:58 pm UTC (link)
	heee! I'm a theater tech major -- I've got TONS of flat-head screwdrivers, including several ancient rusty things that the previous owner forgot in his basement storage closet. So I think I'm safe there. :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	cephy 2009-07-24 04:17 pm UTC (link)
	Wow, that sounds quite the adventure! Glad it ended well. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	raisedbymoogles 2009-07-24 04:17 pm UTC (link)
	That is amazingly awesome. At least it's amazingly awesome to read about. ^_^;;; (Reply to this) (Thread)

	chibirisuchan 2009-07-25 03:00 pm UTC (link)
	heeee! Thank you! Never underestimate the improvisational-tech skills of a theater tech major. XD (Of course, I can also tell stories of the time I burned Kool-aid. Seriously. (Dyeing fabric green; hadn't noticed the paste was too concentrated; it smelled absolutely appalling...)) (Reply to this) (Parent)