I had a few minutes to kill this morning before heading out to catch the bus. When I have these extra moments I use them to play with the phone. Today, I decided to send a sweet little text message to Tyler while leaving the house.
10 days till the long weekend
(turning off lights)
10 hours till I see you again
(leaving the house, closing the door)
…and crap I just locked myself out of my house
See, while typing out my little e-love note, I forgot to grab my keys, and as soon as I closed the door I realized what I had done. Stupid romance.
When I got to work I called my dad to tell him what I did, because he likes to hear funny things first thing in the morning.
“We’ll have to give Tyler a key,” he said after I told him the story.
Normally, the exchanging of house keys is a huge step in a couple’s relationship. It means they have reached a high level of trust and comfortableness. It means that they come and go from each other’s places freely and often, maybe water each other’s plants or feed each other’s pets. Apparently in my dad’s eyes, this is all irrelevant. It’s simply become a necessity to make his life easier, given the number of absent minded episodes I usually have that he inevitably ends up helping me out with.
While I was waiting for the bus, Tyler replied to my message with, “oh my god! Ha ha do you need help?”
Sigh. That's a question far too big for a Monday morning text message reply, but, knowing that it wasn't really going to be a problem until 4:00 this afternoon, I simply wrote back,
"Not yet :)"
2 comments:
Hi Jill!
You need to find a "hiding" place for an extra key. We have a small greenhouse in our back yard, and we have a key hidden in there. I guarantee, no one would ever find it.
Do you have such a place? It would calm that sick feeling you get when you realize that you have locked yourself out!
Just some friendly advice from Ty's Mom!
Hello Ty's Mom! (virtual hug here). I am so glad you stopped in to say hi.
First of all, you have a small greenhouse? Tyler has never mentioned this. I have always wanted a greenhouse. My yard hardly even permits a nice vegetable garden, but at least I can still visit and steal from the one at my mom's and dad's.
Secondly, yes, a hidden key somewhere does seem like a practical idea. I know they have all sorts of things now for this purpose. I believe I once saw an ornamental turtle for the garden that also had a secret compartment for a key. NOTE TO INTERNET STALKERS: JILL DOES NOT AND WILL NOT KEEP A KEY TO HER HOUSE IN AN ORNAMENTAL TURTLE.
When you get to town I will have to tell you the rest of this humourous story. Oh yes, it gets better.
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