My wife and I are empty nesters now. We have two in college and another off on his own. Part of that adjustment is 'who does what.' Things like lock the garage door.

I recall, just before heading out for a run this morning that the side garage door was locked. I thought my wife had probably locked it. I thought to myself, 'good job,' I'll get in with the garage clicker thingy. So off on my run I went.

Don't know if it was the humidity. Don't know if it was the time of day. Oh, it could have been that I hadn't changed the battery on the garage clicker thingy for over 10 years!

What to do? Every door on the home was locked! The local police authorities should rejoice. JD had a locked home!  Except he was locked out!

Now remember, I was out for a run. No phone. No contact with the world. I couldn't even call my wife, who was most likely going to be too busy to come let me in for over an hour. So, I did what most people would do. I walked up to Carol and Al's.

Al met me at the door and said, I have a screwdriver and think I have a battery too. SCORE!

After a minute or two, the garage door was open. I was in the house and as soon as I get done typing this story, into the shower and off to work.

The mornings events did bring a couple things to mind though.

1. When you change your smoke detector batteries, you might want to check this battery too.

2. Remember to lock your doors before you go to work.

3. Have great neighbors that might be around to bail you out occasionally. Hey Al, at least it wasn't after midnight!!

Thanks again!

 

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