I skipped last Friday's workout because I felt like going home. The Friday before that, however, I was planning on working out, but I didn't make it to work that day. Gasp. What was the cause of such truancy? Perhaps I was abducted for ransom, or broke a leg or something. Nope. I locked myself out of the apartment.
Most of the motions of my usual routine were followed that morning. I did the morning hygiene routine. I got dressed. I packed some food for lunch/breakfast along with some clothes for the gym. I grabbed my laptop bag and my gym bag and headed out the door.
As my left hand closed the door, my right hand reached down to my pocket for my keys (to lock the deadbolt). The door clicked shut and locked just as the emptiness of my right pocket registered with my brain. I had forgotten the part of my routine where I grab all the stuff off the shelf by the door.
Standing there with neither keys, phone, nor wallet, I considered my options. I could break a window and get back into the apartment. I could wait around all day and just sit. I could try to contact jokie and ask her to drive back to let me in. That sounded like a good idea.
I didn't have my phone, and I didn't know her number (technology's purpose is here to make us stupider) so I couldn't borrow a phone and call. I had my laptop and thought of using the nearby Starbucks' wireless network. But I'm not a member of that network and I didn't feel like joining and paying just to send a quick message. Flipping through the files in my brain, I remembered that the local library has a free wireless network. Then I remembered that I didn't have a wireless network card for my work laptop. Doh.
But I was on the right track. The library was a little bit of a hike away, but not so bad. They had public computers there (up to an hour a day for each library account) and I was hoping to convince a librarian to let me on even though I didn't have my card with me.
The librarians there are nice. Yay!
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