It's always an adventure. Seriously. I can't help but laugh at myself half the time now because I'm just so used to the most ridiculous things happening. all.the.time.
It was a wednesday night and I got done working around 12:15. I was reading the most delightful book and wanted to spend some time reading before I went to bed. I drank a lot of water and knew it was a bad idea but eventually went to bed around 12:45. I woke up around 4 to go to the restroom. In Helaman Halls, we have community bathrooms and my bedroom is right across the hall from the bathroom. I didn't feel like taking my keys to I just put the doorstop in the door. While I'm in there I hear a click. Not like a door opening and closing. Just one click. I knew that could only mean one thing. As I walk back to my room, I see for my own eyes that my speculations were true. My bedroom door had closed with the doorstop still in it. Now what.
I'm wearing a t-shirt and basketball shorts, no shoes, no phone, no ID card, nothin.
Plan A: try to contact Kate (my hall advisor)
Problems with Plan A: it's 4 am and she's probably sleeping, if I leave the building to knock on her front door I won't be able to get back in, I can't get to her back door because it's through the office and I don't have keys
Plan B: wait until the cannon center opens at 8am and get a temporary key
Problems with Plan B: I have to make sure it really does open at 8 or else I won't be able to get back into my building, all the old ladies here for women's conference will probably see me and that's embarrassing
Well I wanted to get some more sleep and so I decided to go down to the basement couches because if I was just in the lobby and someone walked by and saw some random girl sleeping on the couch they would probably either be scared or just be really embarrassed for me
So without a blanket or pillow, I try to get some sleep. It was uncomfortable to say the least. And I could not help but count the hours until I could get someone to help me. And time was just going so darn S L O W.
Around 6:30 I heard a noise. I thought, "Perfect! Christi, the custodial manager is here! She can let me in!" Wrong. It was just one of my girls doing laundry. Why she was up that early, I have no idea.
I felt like any other attempt to get more sleep would be useless so I went back upstairs and sat on the the more comfortable couches in the lobby. I literally just sat there. Contemplating my life and what a crazy story this would be and how my life just always has to be an adventure.
Finally, I hear a door open and in walks Christi! I asked her if she had a master key and she said yes! I totally played it off like I had just been sitting there for only a few minutes. no big deal. ha!
Thank the heavens for Christi! I finally got back in my nice, warm bed and got to catch a few more zzz's before I had to get up and start the day.
Lesson learned:
1. DO NOT trust door stops.
2. always be prepared
3. make the most of each unfortunate event because it might just end up being a good story
It was a wednesday night and I got done working around 12:15. I was reading the most delightful book and wanted to spend some time reading before I went to bed. I drank a lot of water and knew it was a bad idea but eventually went to bed around 12:45. I woke up around 4 to go to the restroom. In Helaman Halls, we have community bathrooms and my bedroom is right across the hall from the bathroom. I didn't feel like taking my keys to I just put the doorstop in the door. While I'm in there I hear a click. Not like a door opening and closing. Just one click. I knew that could only mean one thing. As I walk back to my room, I see for my own eyes that my speculations were true. My bedroom door had closed with the doorstop still in it. Now what.
I'm wearing a t-shirt and basketball shorts, no shoes, no phone, no ID card, nothin.
Plan A: try to contact Kate (my hall advisor)
Problems with Plan A: it's 4 am and she's probably sleeping, if I leave the building to knock on her front door I won't be able to get back in, I can't get to her back door because it's through the office and I don't have keys
Plan B: wait until the cannon center opens at 8am and get a temporary key
Problems with Plan B: I have to make sure it really does open at 8 or else I won't be able to get back into my building, all the old ladies here for women's conference will probably see me and that's embarrassing
Well I wanted to get some more sleep and so I decided to go down to the basement couches because if I was just in the lobby and someone walked by and saw some random girl sleeping on the couch they would probably either be scared or just be really embarrassed for me
So without a blanket or pillow, I try to get some sleep. It was uncomfortable to say the least. And I could not help but count the hours until I could get someone to help me. And time was just going so darn S L O W.
Around 6:30 I heard a noise. I thought, "Perfect! Christi, the custodial manager is here! She can let me in!" Wrong. It was just one of my girls doing laundry. Why she was up that early, I have no idea.
I felt like any other attempt to get more sleep would be useless so I went back upstairs and sat on the the more comfortable couches in the lobby. I literally just sat there. Contemplating my life and what a crazy story this would be and how my life just always has to be an adventure.
Finally, I hear a door open and in walks Christi! I asked her if she had a master key and she said yes! I totally played it off like I had just been sitting there for only a few minutes. no big deal. ha!
Thank the heavens for Christi! I finally got back in my nice, warm bed and got to catch a few more zzz's before I had to get up and start the day.
Lesson learned:
1. DO NOT trust door stops.
2. always be prepared
3. make the most of each unfortunate event because it might just end up being a good story
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