locked out...and then locked in

This post was composed by Robin with the witty comments by Clay.

On Saturday we were getting ready to go shopping. When Clay went to get his shoes from our bedroom closet he noticed the door was locked. We thought maybe it was just hard to open because of the child-proof lock thingies (we're still trying to figure those things out!). Apparently though Noah had locked the door from the inside and had shut the door as he was leaving. So there we were, all on the outside of the door with our shoes and coats on the inside. We couldn't get inside. We couldn't go anywhere.

The unlocksmithically-inclined Clay tried to pick the lock with a coat hanger. But alas! It was to no avail. Clay's next genius idea (he's giving input here; i'm not trying to say bad things about my honey :) was to unscrew the knob from the outside and try to get in using the screw driver. He wound up knocking both sides of the door knob off with the shank still in the lock position. After much toil and trouble Clay had to suck up his pride and call Campus Security. After much toil of his own, Officer Larry managed to get us into the room.

We all (excluding Jude) went into the bedroom to get the aforementioned shoes and coats. The door had been opened for less than a minute, so obviously we had not disengaged the lock...yet. Upon entering the room Noah thought he would be helpful and shut the door behind us. No more than 30 seconds after being locked out we were now locked in. Jude was patiently waiting on the other side, strapped in his carrier. Of course our only option was to use my cell phone to call the heroic officer Larry, again. He unlocked our front door which we had locked behind him when he left the first time! He then opened the door to our bedroom for the 2nd time, freeing us from our cell. Of course immediately Clay removed all remaining parts of the door knob. We requested a new door knob which cannot be locked! (The old one was severely mangled from Clay's attempts to get us out of the bedroom while awaiting Officer Larry's return.)

Knowing the meddling child we have maybe we should be worried that there is still a lock on the bathroom door!

the infamous door