My Wife the Lock Picker
We were having such a good Monday. It was our day off and we were able to run errands, be outside on an amazing SoCal day and we got plenty of R&R. So I figured we would cap it off with dinner down at the beach. So I asked my wife if she wanted to walk downtown and grab some El Ranchito.
What a great idea. Lets leave the cars here and take an evening stroll. In my mind I figured since we wont be driving we wont need the cars keys. So I closed the door and off to dinner we went.
My stomach dropped as I realized that just because we wont need the car keys doesn’t mean we wont need the house keys. My relaxing perfect day off immediately turns to “What an IDIOT” for the next 30 minutes I just beat myself up mentally.
Thanks to God I have a wife who is an all star. She talked me back up and we went to dinner. I sent facebook posts and texts to all my budds. I found out some were very familiar with how to break into houses. Scarry the skilled ones all seemed to be guys from church. Great picture of life change in hindsight.
Everyone seemed to have a little advice on “Hide a Keys” but that just became annoying real fast! I know I know “I’m an IDIOT”. We finally got a wall post from a friend who is a locksmith and he gave us some direction. My wife was so excited to try to pick the lock based on the tutorial. She plucked a bobby pin from her hair and was cat burglaring in no time. Unfortunately the only progress we had on our own skills were calloused finger tips.
The real advice we got from our locksmith buddy was not to pay more than $95 to have it professionally oppened. So I eventually called Templar Lock and Safe and we were inside after 2 minutes of expert door picking.
Today I paid 8 bucks for a bunch of spare Keys we will be hiding all over HB so this doesn’t happen again. It was not a waste of $85. I learned that my wife is very supportive and calm even when stranded on a chilly night. I was reminded that my money is not my own it can come and go without warning. I was forced to give myself some slack because the alternative is just dishonoring to God who did not create “An IDIOT”. He orchestrated a very spontaneous adventure that allowed me and my wife to be reminded of just how much we love each other! What a great Monday!