I made a huge mistake last night when I closed the door behind me. I assumed I wouldn't need to lock my door because I was only going to check the laundry machine downstairs and walk back up. It was my lightning fast reflexes and impressive muscle-memory that got me into trouble. As I was swinging the door shut behind me, flicking the light switch and grabbing my keycard in one swift movement... I locked the door. This wouldn't be a big problem in the middle of the day but after midnight there's nobody around to help you.
I considered crawling out the window of the hall, onto a ledge that led to my open sliding window. I would need to keep my balance a ledge no wider than my shoulders, cross an air conditioning unit, move some PVC pipe, duck under a piece of metal, and backslide through my window. After almost an hour of pacing around considering how likely I was to fall three stories I decided to wait until morning and call the landlady P'Eat. I tried sleeping in a sitting position in front of my door but it was just too uncomfortable. How was I going to sleep on a tile floor in the hallway of an apartment building? I needed some help so I walked to a nearby restaurant and ordered a large plate of food and a bottle of beer. By 3am I plopped down in front of my door using one hand as a pillow. I could feel the draft from my air-conditioner, still running in the room.
I woke up with a sore throat and pain in my legs at 5.30 when two women were talking outside a door at the end of the hall. They didn't say anything but did give funny looks. I wasn't sure what to say either. I'm sure they though I was crazy. At 6.30 and called for help from a phone booth on the street. 15 minutes ago (7.30) a key arrived. It felt so good. Having a key to my own room again.
Today is now a rest day. I was going to go to the first day of Fat Fest, the annual indie and book festival by Fat Radio, but that's not happening. Tomorrow has most of the big acts anyways. Sleep. The one thing on my mind right now is sleeping. Sometime tonight we'll have band practice.
Ah. That's all for now.
posted by Dan @ 7:38:00 AM
1 Comments:
You should consider keeping an unlabeled copy of your key in a concealed/secret hiding place in your apartment building that's not near your apartment unit. For example, duct tape it outside a window in a hallway, plant it in a potted plant in the building that you're sure will be there for some time, or duct tape it under a washing machine...anywhere permanent and unoticeable to others. If someone else finds your unlabeled key, it'll be no use to them because they won't know what the key is for. Safety first!
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