What a beautiful day! We should go outside and enjoy the weather! Let’s go sit on our deck. It’s one of the joys of home ownership, after all, having outdoor space. Let’s see…what do we need?

I’ll put baby in his bouncy chair and grab a beach chair for myself. Now, while it’s a pleasant 60 degrees, it is only 60 degrees and the sun is starting to go down. Better grab a sweatshirt for baby.

Hmm, what else? Oh, the camera, to capture the Kodak moments we’re sure to have out there. And the iPhone, because it’s my move on Words with Friends! Aaaand, the laptop, so I can browse the internet while baby stares at the horizon.

OK! Baby is all settled in his bouncy chair, staring happily at the trees and rooftops. Mom’s got all of her gadgets arrayed on the floor. Beach chair unfolded.

Let’s just pull the door closed so we don’t let any bugs into the house.

Click.

Turn.

Uhhhhh.

Turn?!


TURN?!

You know what else we needed and DIDN’T bring outside?

A key.

LOCKED OUT.

I have just locked myself and our baby out of the house on our deck. The deck sits one story off the ground, accessible only through a door off our dining room. A door that is now locked. There is no other way out. I look down at baby, smiling happily at all the new sights he is taking in, blissfully unaware of his mother’s idiocy. Meanwhile, I feel like the two of us are adrift on a raft floating slowly out to sea. The sun is creeping lower on the horizon and the temperature isn’t getting any warmer.

Rescue came in the form of Mike’s cousin, who thank God had a spare key to our house and was only twenty minutes away when the desperate call for help came through.

So folks, what did we learn? Always take your phone with you wherever you go. Not only so you can rock a triple word score in internet scrabble, but also in case you need to send a frantic SOS from right outside your own home. And always bring a camera, because you never know when a true Kodak moment will hit.

Tags: motherhood, spring

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