Those Precious Moments

You all wonder about those moments…..

Those uh oh moments…..

Today we had chaos here…again.  Construction on the roof, bits of our townhouse raining down all over the place and anxious looking dudes wanting to fix up the drywall around the windows.

They were anxious because I had snarled NO this am due to a migraine and the fact that the notice about said home entry requirements had been for last Thursday.

As the clock rolled closer to kid pick up time, I started to figure out my escape route.   The back way was probably going to be the safer….however I thought I should pick up the dog poop to make it easier to get myself, Tara, a stroller and hopefully the dog out.

So out I went with baggies in hand to get the poop and open the back gate.

Then I heard a click.

I turned and there was Tara looking gleeful about pulling the switch down…the switch that locks the patio door.  I look over her shoulder through the now locked patio window to see the front door closing as the drywall dude stepped out.

Um.

Yeah.

So smile at Tara through the glass and halfheartedly ask her to lift the switch up.  She is bored with that and away to watch TV.

It is cold outside.

I give up and figure I have to head round through the construction to the front….mud, sawing, cutting, board carrying, roof stuff flying…..how come THEY all have hard hats and us residents don’t?

Needless to say…this day has been a tad ‘trying.’