Locked Out!
It was a beautiful sunny day and I stepped outside to take out the garbage. Murphy, our golden retriever puppy stared at me with his paws up against the window as I tried the door. He wasn’t able to let me in. I locked myself out! Phil was supposed to be out late. The kids weren’t due home for 2-3 hours. I didn’t have my cell phone. I had just let Murphy out onto the back deck, so I knew the door was unlocked. I lifted myself up onto the garage and pulled myself up to the upper roof. I carefully made my way across the roof and contemplated jumping onto the deck. This would require me hanging from the gutter and I’m not sure it would sustain my weight. I thought about scooting off my butt and just jumping, this might risk ankle damage. I spotted the trampolene. My kids used to jump off the deck onto the trampolene when I wasn’t looking. They also jumped from the trampolene, grabbed the deck and climbed up. Hmmmm. I’m 42, not 16, so I don’t really feel comfortable trying to jump and grab the deck railing. I decided to get off the roof and try climbing onto the deck. I managed to climb up one of the poles of the trampolene. I precariously placed one foot on the top of the trampolene pole and grabbed the railing of the deck. I was able to pull myself up enough to get my other foot up onto the deck. Then I had to pull my body up and over the railing. Somehow I managed to do this without breaking any bones. My left hip isn’t very happy though. I may need a chiropractic adjustment! Oh well, at least I got in.
Although I got a late start, I’ve been a serious runner since 1994. I ran my first marathon in 1995 on my 30th Birthday. It’s been my goal to run the Boston Marathon since then. I missed qualifying by 12 minutes that year. I needed to run 3:40 and ran 3:52. Running in the most prestigious marathon, is the ultimate for most runners. The fact that you have to qualify, only fueled my competitive juices.
Over the next 9 years I ran 6 more marathons. I love running so much that I became a 
6 comments:
Ouch, and here I thought my locked out story was a good one. You win by a long shot.
spider woman how awesome! and what a funny visual!
i lock myself out more often than i care to admit, not to mention i still haven’t learned to just hide a key.
That would be the smart thing to do!
At least you weren’t naked!
The visual for this is FAR too funny. Although NOT funny at the time, tell me you won’t look back on this and laugh
Okay, there is something to be grateful for. My neighbors are too close for streaking out to get the paper!