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I begin this blog today by recalling yet another humorous story that occurred while I was at a "scrapbook" retreat (yeah, right) a couple of weeks ago. A few of my friends and I often like to frolic off to the coast of Florida with numerous bags of stickers, papers and adhesives in tow to spend a couple of days away from the craziness of our truly beloved everyday lives. We relax with the sound of the crashing waves outside of our nice hotel and often gaze at its beauty from our high and lofty balcony. Ok, this year we did not have a balcony but you get the idea. We make it a point to eat when and what we want, stay up as late as we want and get up whenever we deem it necessary. This brings me to my latest moment of insanity which seems to always provide the opportunity of the weekend for my crew......my friends.......to bust their sides in laughter.
Picture in your mind a forty-something grandmother of five deciding, on my own, that it was time to retreat to the room and get ready for bed. It was, after all, 11:30ish and I felt like I should go on up before everyone else so that I could give my sleeping meds time to react before everyone got to the room and had the opportunity to use my "I'm not quite asleep " antics for their humor.........<gasp>....would they do that???....YES, they would.
Anyhow, I had taken my shower and my meds as well as done my face and my hair. I had just picked up my cell phone when I heard a sweet little knock at the door. Knowing that it was one of my friends who had come up without a key, (we always get 2 keys for 4 people???) I bounded to the door to let them in. The hotel that we were staying in happened to be "swanky" enough to have two entrance doors and therefore required a Chuck Norris full 360, non-medicated double swipe move to open. Well going in the room I had somehow managed to pull that off but when I went to let someone else in I was not so lucky.
I confidently opened the first door and listened for a familiar voice. I am a stickler for safety after all. So, after hearing my friend answer, I jerked the second door open all while balancing on one leg and holding the other door open with a perfect toe point that turned out to be NOT so perfect. (Did I mention I've had numerous knee surgeries?)
I will never forget the look in my friend’s eyes as she and I both realized that the door had softly and mockingly closed behind me. Her snicker was hilarious as she quickly turned on a dime and headed towards the front desk to get another key. As the other door closed behind her I could hear her voice chuckle an "Oh Dear" probably due to the fact that she was somewhat concerned about leaving me alone, medicated and all, to fend for myself until she could get back with a key.
So, there I stood, in my gown in a little foyer with nothing in my hand but a cell phone. As I checked my email I remember thinking that I REALLY needed to come up with something clever to say to the person that walked up on me. Instead of being afraid or worried about being arrested, I was trying to figure out a way to make this humorous to the perfect stranger that was going to find me.
I am extremely happy to proclaim that my friend is very fit and was back to the room in a matter of
Yes, we all had a good laugh and proclaimed the incident as another hilarious moment of my impending insanity.
