I swear, certain things only happen to me.
Today I had to get up early (well, early for me) so that I could be at work by 8:00. That way I could leave at 5:00 to pick up Gage since Terri had to work late. So, I manage to stumble out of bed, through the shower, and fight rush hour traffic. It's amazing how quickly one forgets all about rush hour when you don't have to deal with it on a daily basis. So, I get to work, down the required amount of coffee and try to finish out my day. Around noon Terri calls me to let me know what time she's going to work and what time she's going to be home. Then she asks if I had planned on stopping at home before I went to pick up Gage. I told her that I didn't since I was going to be pushing the time to get him anyway. So then she reminds me that I forgot to take the car seat for my car. Since we had gone to Bristol we had pulled the seat out of my car to put into her parent's car for Gage. We haven't taken my car anywhere with the whole family so I haven't put the seat back yet. So, I know that I have no choice but to make it home.
So, at 5:00 I bolt out the door at work. Thankfully I hit a lull in traffic and I was at the door of the house by 20 after. I race down the steps, put the key into the lock, unlock the door, and slam into it. The door didn't give. Now we've had problems with the antique lock on the door before. We've had to break a window to get in, and once Tom was locked inside. So my temper redlined and I just went back to the car. I figured I'd call Terri, swing by her office, grab her carseat and that would be it. Then I couldn't reach her on the phone.
I figured it was still a good plan so I went to her office, grabbed the seat and headed to the daycare. Now with my hours and his schedule in the one year old room, I don't drop him off or pick him up too often. So, I get there and apparently they consolidate the kids into one room after 5:30 since most of them have already been picked up. I punched in the code and headed right to the one year old room. It was empty with the lights off. So, I headed towards the voices and I was stopped by a woman that I didn't know. Which isn't unusual, I only know Gage's teachers. However, since she didn't know me, she escorted me to the room where Gage was. Gage immediately ran over to me, but the other woman (who used to be Gage's teacher) didn't recognize me either. So, I got carded when I went to pick up my son. As if my luck wasn't bad enough already.
I finally got Gage home and I thought that I wasn't going to be able to get into the house. Since I had finally calmed down a little I began to realize that there was an automatic lock on the door that we keep disabled so that we don't lock ourselves out inadvertently. I realized that Terri must have hit the button and so once I got home, I was able to get back into the house with no further trouble.
The little one and I played all night and then I put him to bed.
Of course, since I had left work early I had missed the late, late, late announcement that we were having clients into the office. Thankfully Mark remembered as he was getting stuff ready for the next day and called me at 11 tonight. "Now friends, it's timing like that that sunk the Titanic."