Dashing Through the Snow (The Bananas version)
December 22, 2008 – 9:33 pmWhen did playing in the snow become so exhausting?
I lean back and push the hair out of my face. The snow fort wall is growing… slowly… but growing. It would go faster if Bella would stop leaping over it in feverish excitement and then biting off big chunks. Or if CJ would HELP rather than running inside for a cookie or a cup of milk every five minutes.
“Mom!” CJ leans his head out the back door, “Mom can I eat this candy cane?”
I shrug in acquiescence. Since the day after Thanksgiving CJ has maintained a diet that is almost solely made up of sugar and artificial flavoring. Oh, and butter. At this rate Santa will need to fill our stockings with Weight Watchers meals and toothbrushes. And maybe some sugarless gum. It is Christmas, after all.
(and yes I did say OUR stockings. CJ’s not the only one with a sweet tooth, turns out.)
“Fine, eat the candy cane,” I say. ”And close the door when you come out!”
CJ closes the door with a slam and races down the stairs. ”Mom, you’re doing a GREAT JOB on the snow fort!” he announces.
Gee thanks
My head is pounding and my thighs are screaming out for mercy. ”CJ,” I say, “I’m going to go inside for a while. I have a headache.”
“Just keep working mom,” he says earnestly, “that way you’ll get DISTRACTED and your head won’t hurt any more!”
Right.
But five minutes later my headache has only gotten worse. I need Tylenol. I need a roaring fire and a cozy blanket and a big cup of egg nog. But right now I’ll have to settle for just the Tylenol. Wearily I straighten up to head inside.
CJ is already at the top of the stairs… on his way for the next hit of sugar.
“Mom!” he says, jiggling the door knob, “Mom, the door is LOCKED.”
Locked?
I stare at him blankly. ”But, but… how?… why?… why did you shut it?”
“You told me to shut it.” CJ informs me. And yes, now that he mentions it, I do remember saying that.
Drat. Of COURSE I don’t have my keys. Or a hat. Or my phone.
“Well,” I say, “We’ll just have to wait until daddy gets home from the Seahawks game and then he can let us back in.”
But even as I say it, I notice the darkening sky. The cold air. The falling snow.
It’s basically a blizzard.
We are NOT going to sit out here for the indeterminate amount of time it takes Jay to come home from the football game.
“Well, let’s go down to the neighbors,” I say. ”We can call daddy from their house.”
“Ok,” CJ opens the gate and Bella bolts out.
Like a deer she is off! Leaping! and! bounding! through the snow!
Oh to be able to run like that!
“BELLA!” CJ and I shout in unison, “BELLA COME BACK HERE!”
Through the side yard and onto the front sidewalk she dashes, CJ and I racing behind.
Down the sidewalk and towards the street! She’s picking up speed on the packed pavement! Snow flies up around her as she goes.
“BELLLLAAAAAA!” I howl. She doesn’t even pause.
And just like that she’s around the corner and gone from view.
We’re locked out of the house AND we’ve lost the dog. GREAT.
But then, around the corner comes a tall man- lovely man- carrying Bella. I heave a big sigh of relief.
“She was running through the corner store,” he tells me.
Of course she was. She could have at least picked me up some Tylenol while she was in there.
I take Bella from the kind saint of a man and tuck her under my arm. Which is quite something when it’s a squirming 32 pound dog you’re tucking. We hike down the sidewalk to the neighbors’ house… who, thankfully, are home.
Long story short…
All I want for Christmas is THIS:
(I’m NOT kidding)
(I need this)
(Really)
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By Loralee on Dec 22, 2008 | Reply
I had to stop locking my doors because of the MULTITUDE of times I locked myself out of places.
Those locks are the bomb!
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By Loralee on Dec 22, 2008 | Reply
Crap. I think my post ranting about my lock-out stupidity got eaten.
GRR!
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By Dumblond on Dec 22, 2008 | Reply
Wow. That sounds like that sucked a little!
Those locks are pretty cool looking…If you get one, let me know how ya like it!
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By Momma Adrian on Dec 22, 2008 | Reply
One little warning about those kinds of locks. After they have been used for a while, if you don’t change the combination the keys will get worn and a intruder could know which buttons are in the combination and quite easily guess by trial and error. Just a heads up. We had a lock at University that we figured out quite easily this way. There are only so many combinations for the worn keys available…
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By Judy Haley on Dec 22, 2008 | Reply
ouch. I hope your husband wasn’t one of the people stuck waiting for the train for hours.
I used to lock myself out all the time, now we have a lock that requires the key in order to lock it from the outside. at least that way i know i had the keys when i left the house - whether or not i lose the keys while i’m out and about is another story.
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By sheila on Dec 23, 2008 | Reply
There’s nothing like being locked out in bad weather. Or when you have a UTI and no neighbors are home. (just saying.)
Glad someone caught the dog! THat’s scary when they run. Considering they’re not looking for cars and such.
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By midwest mommy on Dec 23, 2008 | Reply
Oh no! Seriously? In the store? lol! Oh Bella!
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By Brandi on Dec 23, 2008 | Reply
Oh, lord! What a day you had! So glad the neighbors were home. I got in the habit a long time ago of leaving one window unlatched so that I could get back in or hoist one of the kiddos through. I am horrible about locking the keys in the house, and even worse about locking them in the van.
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By Sophie, Inzaburbs on Dec 23, 2008 | Reply
I feel exhausted just from reading that.
I am terrible about locking myself out of the house. We have had to hide a key just so I have a way to get back in each time.
Actually, I locked us out of the house the day we closed on it. We came for a celebratory look around, took the kids to see the yard - and I locked *all* the keys inside, including the car keys and the keys to our old house. No neighbors were home so we couldn’t call a locksmith. That time I actually had to get my husband to kick in the back door. Of our just-purchased house. Sob.
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By Just Jiff on Dec 23, 2008 | Reply
LOL> When it rains, it pours. Or in your case, when it snows, it pours. hehehe.
Glad you got Bella back safely and quickly, got into your house, and hopefully got some Tylenol and eggnog and curled up on the couch. :)
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By Kathleen on Dec 23, 2008 | Reply
That’s one heck of a day you were having…hope you downed something to cure it and are having a better one today.
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By Carrie on Dec 23, 2008 | Reply
I’m glad you have nice neighbors that took you in, and that Bella didn’t get too far away! you deserve a nice big glass of eggnog after that adventure!
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By j on Dec 28, 2008 | Reply
I have that same keyless lock! I bought it so my son could get in the house, in case the bus dropped him off while I was stuck in a horrible traffic jam, or um, I lost tack of time shopping, um…so anyway… It is AWSOME. I highly, highly recommend it. I LOVE IT. It’s also great when you start up your car and realize you left something in the house. You don’t have to take the keys out of the ignition.
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By Mrs. F on Dec 30, 2008 | Reply
Sounds like someone could have used a special Mommy-version of the egg nog. What a day!
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By Storm on Jan 27, 2009 | Reply
Sorry to hear about the rough day. Glad it all worked out in the end.
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