so friday night comes and the kids are off with grandma and papa for the weekend. hubby is working at the property, and plans to spend the night there, so that he can get an early start in the morning. i'm going out with the girls to celebrate a birthday...i {stupidly} decide to leave at 12:45am...that puts me getting home at 2:15am. after about 30 mins of driving, i decide to surprise *j* and sleep at the land with him {our 5th wheel is there, and is sooo much closer than the lake house}...he had asked me to earlier in the week when we were discussing weekend plans, but i had said no due to the lack of running water {our well isn't dug yet} and my complete disgust with "roughing it" when you really need to use the loo...
so, i try his cell. no answer. {figures. absolutely no reception out there.} i get out there, and turn in the drive. it hits me. it's almost 1:30am, and i don't have the electric gate opener. we have a keypad, but to my knowledge *j* hadn't programmed it yet. so i did what any girl in a babydoll dress, oversized purse and cowboy boots would do. i parked my car as close to the gate as i could. locked it and scaled the fence. yep. i was feeling so macgyver-ish, using my cell phone as a flashlight {it's pitch black out there}. just as i got to the 5th wheel, i hear *j*'s cell phone ring. he answers it. this is how it goes:
*j*: {sleepily} hello?
neighbor: hey, *j*, it's joe, i don't usually make a habit of calling people this late, we just got home from fishing and i saw a black infiniti SUV drive by and park in front of your gate, and it looks like they've climbed the fence. i wanted to let you know before i called the sherrif.
*j*: {now having seen me} i appreciate that, but that's my wife. she didn't have her gate opener with her.
neighbor: oh, okay, well, i just wanted to let you know. like i said i was going to call the sherrif, but i wanted to let you know.
*j*: really, i appreciate it.
they chat a bit and hang up, he has this bemused look on his face and a crooked grin. "whatcha do, climb the fence?"
"yep" i replied. {i was pretty proud of it}
"why didn't you just enter the code in the keypad?" he asks...
grrrr. he forgot to tell me that he set the stupid thing. he also said i should never try to be a burglar.
i agree. ;) bummer. i thought i was pretty sneaky.
3 comments:
haha The visual of you climbing over the fence in a babydoll dress, oversized purse and cowboy boots is just priceless!! btw, sounds like an adorable outfit :)
Too funny! I loved it! Hey, I left you a little something my way.
That is too funny! I would have liked to have gotten a picture of that for you to put into a scrapbook or something :) Glad you made it in with out be hauled off to jail :)lol
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