December 28th, 2009 | 
Author: Where do I begin to tell the tale of Christmas 2009?
Do I start with the part where on Christmas Eve-Eve, my husband deserted me for sleep along with all three of our children leaving me to be the person in charge of wrapping the remaining presents, getting everyone’s clothes ready for the impending festivities, gathering all of the items necessary to travel for the day and drive my mother to work at 6am so we could use her truck and have more space available to us. Did I mention that while I was doing all of this I somehow for got to sleep?? Yeah. It’s true. I worked on folding laundry, cleaning up the house and who knows what else until my mother arrived at our house at 5:45am so I could bring her to work.
I dropped my mom off at 6:00am.
The weather was shitty.
It was raining/snowing/sleeting on the morning of Christmas Eve.
At one point on my journey back to our house I almost spun out in my mom’s truck.
….shhhh…..don’t tell her…..she will FLIP!
Upon my return home that morning, I attempted to take a little cat nap prior to getting the kids up.
That.Didn’t.Happen.
By 8:30 we were all showered, dressed and loaded into by mom’s truck.
Just as I started the truck and waited for Hardworking Hubby to make sure the house was all locked up….
we had a moment of clarity….
We.Locked.Ourselves.Out.Of.The.House.
Yep.
There we sat, in our driveway at 8:30am on Christmas Eve locked out of our house.
The spare key we gave my mom…..it didn’t work.
Our landlord….out of town.
Our keys and garage door opener…..in our house.
Talk about a fabulous day.
We said fuck it and left.
Off to my in-laws we went.
Oh girlfriend, I needa glass of wine for this.
Would it make a difference if I told you that ours went backwards as well – glad that Christmas 2009 is over. I am eager for the new year..
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Anne Reply:
December 30th, 2009 at 12:54 AM
Wait until you see how the rest of it goes!
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Sounds like the start of a frustrating day.
Hope all went well and you survived.
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hi. Just keep believing. You can do it. Can we exchange link? Happy new year. ..
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well….at least you survived. That’s something, right?
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That’s horrible, locking everything in the house on Christmas Eve. Hopefully, you’ve since gotten back in without having to break anything. I have a nasty habit of forgetting my house keys, so we always leave at least one window unlocked, but I almost always break the screen trying to get it out.
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On Christmas morning my daughter and husband ended up locked in our upstairs bathroom for 45 mins. and they thought they had it rough. I shall share your story with them
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Not off to a good start that day! LOL We have locked ourselves out of the house before. Only we had to break a window to get back in.
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