Locked Out

I just thought I'd share a funny story with all of you.  A couple of days ago, I was barbecuing out on our deck.  Now, our deck has no stairs off of it.  It is just a nice little square hanging off the back of our house.  It is pretty high too, so jumping the railing is too high for me.  I went out to get the steaks in my sweats, tank top, and socks.  I closed the slider door so that Jude wouldn't come out in the cold with no shoes on.  Just as I was about to come back inside, he locked the door on me.

Wade had set up his xbox at the computer desk, and used headphones so that Jude, Murphy, and I could watch something on the tv.  Murphy was sleeping in his swing, and Jude was playing at the sliding door watching me freeze on the deck.

I was trying to yell through the door to explain to Jude how to undo the lock, and when he would jiggle it, I would pull on the door.  Then he would pull on the door and laugh.  He thought it was the biggest joke ever.  I was laughing too, because I felt to stupid for getting into this mess.

We have floor length curtains over our sliding door and window to the deck.  I asked Jude to go get his daddy, but all he would do was run around the curtain and laugh.  Then I would laugh and he would keep doing it.  I felt like my life was in my little 2 year old's hands.  I was knocking on the door as loud as I could, and I couldn't even tell if Wade was coming because of the curtains.  Then I would ask Jude to fix the lock and we'd start the process all over again.

Soon, Jude started running around the curtain again, and collided with the door frame.  Usually I would think that was a bad thing, but this time, I saw it as an opportunity.  I told Jude that I couldn't kiss it better and he had to go find his daddy.  He ran to the living room in tears.  I banged my fists on the door.

After about 30 seconds, I saw Wade through the little opening in the curtain.  He saw me and came to the door.  He opened it and said as if he was mad at me, "Did you even know Jude fell down the stairs!"  I told him that Jude had me locked outside.  "He didn't fall down the stairs!" I said, "He hit his head on the door, and I was happy because I could finally get him to go get you!  He's been laughing at me out here for quite some time, and I've been hitting the door trying to get your attention over top of your headphones!"  Wade smiled.  I said, "No way can you be mad at me for being locked on the deck!"

I brought in the steaks, Jude stopped crying, and we all ate supper.  I will never again go out there without my phone.