Locked Myself Out of the House

[Guest guest]

Help!!! You wouldn't believe what just happened to me today.

My husband is out of town for 10 days. I am pretty much ok by myself... or so I

thought.

I decided to try to bring in the trash barrel, so I got my cane and went out

through the garage. I pulled the barrel up the driveway and then to the side

and opened the gate. Pulled the barrel into the backyard. I was so proud

that I did that without help. Then I took the gate lock, and locked the gate,

from the inside. As I turned to go through the backyard to get back in the

house through the back door, I realized that before I had left, I had LOCKED the

back door.

I didn't have the key, nor did I have the key to the gate lock that I just

closed.!!!! I was totally locked in my backyard!!!!

I just started calling to my neighbor and luckily they were outside and heard

me. I have lived next to these people for 10 years and don't even know their

names. Anyway, he went to get a ladder for me to climb over the gate ( yeah,

that's gonna work).

Then I remembered that the garage door was opened and it goes into the house.

So I asked him to go into the house and get either the key to the house, or the

key to the lock, both of which were sitting on my kitchen counter!!! He did, I

unlocked the gate, and was rescued!

So I went back into the house, unlocked the back door and went out the back to

lock the gate. When I came back into the house I had walked through some mud,

so I took off my shoes and washed them. Then I realized I did not have the

key in my hand for the gate lock (are you still with me?). I looked

everywhere. I can't find it.

I am so rattled now I want to cry. I have never been like this. I have always

been self suffiencet. I don't know what is happening to me

My husband goes away for one day and I am having a crisis.

I am safe now, in the house but have no idea where the key to the lock is. I

feel like I should tie the keys around my neck like an 8 year old!!!1

Bonnie G - Phoenix

[Guest guest]

Hi this is June, yes someone should write a book about all these things and I

would buy the first copy. My husband has PLS and he has done some funnnnny

things, like sneeze and fall backwards into the closet. I asked him if he

were to expel " gas " what would happen and he said probably go to the ceiling.

He was in the garage and he thought he could stand up for a min. and fell

backwards and landed right on his " joy " stick of his electric wheel chair or

scooter and was half way down the driveway before he could get his hand down

to turn switch off. June

[Guest guest]

Hi this is June, yes someone should write a book about all these things and I

would buy the first copy. My husband has PLS and he has done some funnnnny

things, like sneeze and fall backwards into the closet. I asked him if he

were to expel " gas " what would happen and he said probably go to the ceiling.

He was in the garage and he thought he could stand up for a min. and fell

backwards and landed right on his " joy " stick of his electric wheel chair or

scooter and was half way down the driveway before he could get his hand down

to turn switch off. June

[Guest guest]

Bless your heart!!! Are you in a wheel chair or walker. How were you going

to get up the ladder??? Things like this happen to us all the time. It is

horrible. Take care. June My husband has PLS and he is in a wheel chair.

[Guest guest]

Bonnie,

Your story is funny, but it's not! Funny now that it's all over, and thankfully

you are safe. God bless those neighbors.

I think you may be suffering from a mild case of CRS. If you don't know what

CRS is, someone here will be sure to fill you in on it. The keys will pop up

somewhere, probably outside in the keyhole of either the backdoor or the gate.

I would do something like that.

Just take this all as a lesson. I would bet a lot of money that you'll never do

it again.

Blessings to you, and you're in my prayers!

Laurel

Locked Myself Out of the House

Help!!! You wouldn't believe what just happened to me today.

My husband is out of town for 10 days. I am pretty much ok by myself... or so

I thought.

I decided to try to bring in the trash barrel, so I got my cane and went out

through the garage. I pulled the barrel up the driveway and then to the side

and opened the gate. Pulled the barrel into the backyard. I was so proud

that I did that without help. Then I took the gate lock, and locked the gate,

from the inside. As I turned to go through the backyard to get back in the

house through the back door, I realized that before I had left, I had LOCKED the

back door.

I didn't have the key, nor did I have the key to the gate lock that I just

closed.!!!! I was totally locked in my backyard!!!!

I just started calling to my neighbor and luckily they were outside and heard

me. I have lived next to these people for 10 years and don't even know their

names. Anyway, he went to get a ladder for me to climb over the gate ( yeah,

that's gonna work).

Then I remembered that the garage door was opened and it goes into the house.

So I asked him to go into the house and get either the key to the house, or the

key to the lock, both of which were sitting on my kitchen counter!!! He did, I

unlocked the gate, and was rescued!

So I went back into the house, unlocked the back door and went out the back to

lock the gate. When I came back into the house I had walked through some mud,

so I took off my shoes and washed them. Then I realized I did not have the

key in my hand for the gate lock (are you still with me?). I looked

everywhere. I can't find it.

I am so rattled now I want to cry. I have never been like this. I have

always been self suffiencet. I don't know what is happening to me

My husband goes away for one day and I am having a crisis.

I am safe now, in the house but have no idea where the key to the lock is. I

feel like I should tie the keys around my neck like an 8 year old!!!1

Bonnie G - Phoenix

[Guest guest]

Bonnie,

Your story is funny, but it's not! Funny now that it's all over, and thankfully

you are safe. God bless those neighbors.

I think you may be suffering from a mild case of CRS. If you don't know what

CRS is, someone here will be sure to fill you in on it. The keys will pop up

somewhere, probably outside in the keyhole of either the backdoor or the gate.

I would do something like that.

Just take this all as a lesson. I would bet a lot of money that you'll never do

it again.

Blessings to you, and you're in my prayers!

Laurel

Locked Myself Out of the House

Help!!! You wouldn't believe what just happened to me today.

My husband is out of town for 10 days. I am pretty much ok by myself... or so

I thought.

I decided to try to bring in the trash barrel, so I got my cane and went out

through the garage. I pulled the barrel up the driveway and then to the side

and opened the gate. Pulled the barrel into the backyard. I was so proud

that I did that without help. Then I took the gate lock, and locked the gate,

from the inside. As I turned to go through the backyard to get back in the

house through the back door, I realized that before I had left, I had LOCKED the

back door.

I didn't have the key, nor did I have the key to the gate lock that I just

closed.!!!! I was totally locked in my backyard!!!!

I just started calling to my neighbor and luckily they were outside and heard

me. I have lived next to these people for 10 years and don't even know their

names. Anyway, he went to get a ladder for me to climb over the gate ( yeah,

that's gonna work).

Then I remembered that the garage door was opened and it goes into the house.

So I asked him to go into the house and get either the key to the house, or the

key to the lock, both of which were sitting on my kitchen counter!!! He did, I

unlocked the gate, and was rescued!

So I went back into the house, unlocked the back door and went out the back to

lock the gate. When I came back into the house I had walked through some mud,

so I took off my shoes and washed them. Then I realized I did not have the

key in my hand for the gate lock (are you still with me?). I looked

everywhere. I can't find it.

I am so rattled now I want to cry. I have never been like this. I have

always been self suffiencet. I don't know what is happening to me

My husband goes away for one day and I am having a crisis.

I am safe now, in the house but have no idea where the key to the lock is. I

feel like I should tie the keys around my neck like an 8 year old!!!1

Bonnie G - Phoenix

[Guest guest]

June,

I learned a long time ago when ever I stop to do something or anytime I get

up from my chair the first thing I do shut of the chair. One time I was

trying help Lois do something in the yard. She was right beside the the

chair all at once she said don't run over my foot. I told I wasn't doing

anything she was the one that was running over her foot with my chair. She

got caught on the joy stick.

M. L.

Hi this is June, yes someone should write a book about all these things and

I

would buy the first copy. My husband has PLS and he has done some funnnnny

things, like sneeze and fall backwards into the closet. I asked him if he

were to expel " gas " what would happen and he said probably go to the

ceiling.

He was in the garage and he thought he could stand up for a min. and fell

backwards and landed right on his " joy " stick of his electric wheel chair or

scooter and was half way down the driveway before he could get his hand down

to turn switch off. June

[Guest guest]

Re: Locked Myself Out of the House

Bonnie,what a awfull experience,my hubby has pls and in (lol) normal i think

but i have done the same kind of things

, and when i mess up i feel so darn helpless,as dorian cant help me, i

relied on him for over 30 years and find it very hard not to be able

to do that anymore and he finds it very frustrating as well. im glad you

were able to get help even if they arnt on first name bases whith you.Good for

you that you were able to venture forth on your own you should be proud

regardless that it didnt exactly turn out how you imagined .........laura

and dorian

[Guest guest]

Re: Locked Myself Out of the House

Bonnie,what a awfull experience,my hubby has pls and in (lol) normal i think

but i have done the same kind of things

, and when i mess up i feel so darn helpless,as dorian cant help me, i

relied on him for over 30 years and find it very hard not to be able

to do that anymore and he finds it very frustrating as well. im glad you

were able to get help even if they arnt on first name bases whith you.Good for

you that you were able to venture forth on your own you should be proud

regardless that it didnt exactly turn out how you imagined .........laura

and dorian

[Guest guest]

Bonnie, Did you ever find your key? Did you check your door,

sometime I leave my car key in the door.

> Bonnie, Cry if you must, but let me tell you...We all have days

like that.

> Give yourself credit for getting back in...forget the rest. I too

have very

> " cold " neighbors...See your'e not alone.

> Connie

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[Guest guest]

Many years ago, at Christmas time, I went shopping and when I came out of

the store I put my packages in the trunk of the car, then got in the car and

couldn't find my keys. I went back in the store and searched everywhere I

had been. Rechecked my purse, the ground around the car door, inside the

car. Finally, I called my husband and had him leave work to come rescue me.

Boy was he mad when he drove up to the car and saw the keys dangling from

the trunk lock. I'd checked everywhere but the trunk lock! Boy did I feel

dumb!

Thomson

Solana Beach, Ca

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