{"id":4466,"date":"2008-01-09T19:26:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-09T19:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icalltheshot.com\/?p=4466"},"modified":"2008-01-09T19:26:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-09T19:26:00","slug":"so-ya-think-youre-so-smart-do-ya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icalltheshot.com\/?p=4466","title":{"rendered":"So Ya Think You\u2019re So Smart, Do Ya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">Yea right, I locked myself out of my apartment, that\u2019s what I just did\u2026<span style=\"font-size:+0;\"> <\/span>I have been enjoying our nice warm weather this winter and have had my windows open enjoying the nice breeze.<span style=\"font-size:+0;\"> <\/span>Today I even had my car windows down as I went to and from the grocery, ah for the beautiful fresh air.<span style=\"font-size:+0;\"> <\/span>So, I didn\u2019t think anything about it when I just stepped out to throw a load of laundry in.<span style=\"font-size:+0;\"> <\/span>The laundry room is just the next room over from our apartment and I normally just pull the door so that it looks closed when I step out and today I did just like I\u2019ve done all other times.<span style=\"font-size:+0;\"> <\/span>The only difference is, you guessed it, the cross wind grabbed my front door so hard that it slammed before I could blink.<span style=\"font-size:+0;\"> <\/span>Our door stays in the automatic locked position always and I\u2019ve just learned a valuable lesson to always have my keys on hand.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">So there I stood perplexed on the very cold concrete with my bare feet wondering what to do.<span style=\"font-size:+0;\"> <\/span>And mind you we have company coming (our friends Donnell and Michelle, the ones we met at the hotel) over tonight and I have things to do other than just stand around twiddling my thumbs.<span style=\"font-size:+0;\"> <\/span>So I quickly started knocking on my neighbors doors trying to find someone who was home.<span style=\"font-size:+0;\"> <\/span>I moved on up a flight of stairs as the first floor came up empty.<span style=\"font-size:+0;\"> <\/span>Soon a nice retired gentleman came to the door and when he learned my dilemma he immediately called down to the office to ask for our spare key to be brought down.<span style=\"font-size:+0;\"> <\/span>I let the nice man go and I went down to wait but this time I stood on the wood stairs as they were much warmer than the concrete below.<span style=\"font-size:+0;\"> <\/span>I waited around for about 15 min when the nice man came out to see if I had been rescued.<span style=\"font-size:+0;\"> <\/span>He brought down a nice pair of socks for my feet and a blanket.<span style=\"font-size:+0;\"> <\/span>Quite frankly, I didn\u2019t need the blanket and my feet were fine on the wood as I was truly absorbing our beautiful day.<span style=\"font-size:+0;\"> <\/span>But I did thank him so much for the offer, how kind of him.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">So I was standing there contemplating walking around as I\u2019m on the first floor and my screen door (which I just noticed the lock was broken as it\u2019s the first time I\u2019ve had my windows open) was open.<span style=\"font-size:+0;\"> <\/span>But, I had this huge area of cold stone to cross in my bare feet and I could only imagine ending up with a twisted and sprained ankle or a broken one at that (not what I need).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_15jEUMtexcE\/R4wvE8PgOSI\/AAAAAAAAAJE\/zfxgohF0w0E\/s1600-h\/CrossStones.JPG\"><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155547435369511202\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_15jEUMtexcE\/R4wvE8PgOSI\/AAAAAAAAAJE\/zfxgohF0w0E\/s400\/CrossStones.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial;font-size:100%;\">When I told the nice man my thoughts about walking around, he offered and with that he went around, let himself in and came through the front door letting me in.<span style=\"font-size:+0;\"> <\/span>I just learned that he got the answering service and the maintenance crew and the office were closed for lunch.<span style=\"font-size:+0;\"> <\/span>Ah what a nice man to let me in and get back to my work.<span style=\"font-size:+0;\"> <\/span>Ok, so that\u2019s the excitement for the day, now I need to resume with dinner plans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mylivesignature.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/signatures.mylivesignature.com\/54486\/282\/912326E072E0D684DBBFDF228FB0CE16.png\" style=\"border: none; 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